5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

LYRIC

LYRIC is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈlɪɹɪk/

Adjective

Of, or relating to a type of poetry (such as a sonnet or ode) that expresses subjective thoughts and feelings, often in a songlike style.

Adjective

Of or relating to a writer of such poetry.

Noun

A lyric poem.

Noun

The words of a song or other vocal music.

“The lyric in line 3 doesn't rhyme.”

Alternative forms: lyrick

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How LYRIC performs as a guess

LYRIC is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 85.3% of games, misses completely in 14.7%, and leaves about 161 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,475 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

L___C L in the 1st position and C in the 5th position L__I_ L in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _Y__C Y in the 2nd position and C in the 5th position

Try next

SAUTE STOAE SIENT DANSE THANE SNIDE
Words starting with L Words ending with C

First-turn measures

4.61 Entropy (bits)
161 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 60% of evaluated openers
1.34 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LYRIC performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,475 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LYRIC ranks #4,475 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
926
4 guesses
1,156
5 guesses
192
6 guesses
23
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ILR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
18%
All gray
15%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
L Y R I C

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LYRIC in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

346
310
236
154
149
127
94
78
75
64
58
54
48
43
41
35
35
28
27
26
26
23
19
19
18
17
15
14
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LYRIC:

15% chance
Suggested:
SAUTE
13% chance
Suggested:
STOAE
10% chance
Suggested:
STOAE

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

14.7% →
SAUTE 6.23 bits
13.1% →
STOAE 5.48 bits
10.0% →
STOAE 5.48 bits
6.5% →
SIENT 5.48 bits
6.3% →
DANSE 4.93 bits
5.4% →
THANE 5.48 bits
4.0% →
SNIDE 4.54 bits
3.3% →
CRATE 4.99 bits
3.2% →
TOUSE 5.01 bits
2.7% →
STALE 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for LYRIC; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

L1Y4R1I1C3
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.