5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LYSIN

LYSIN is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪsɪn/

Noun

any substance or antibody that can cause the destruction (by lysis) of blood cells, bacteria etc

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

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

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 LYSIN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LYSIN as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 80.2% of games, misses completely in 19.8%, and leaves about 176 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,375 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___N L in the 1st position and N in the 5th position L__I_ L in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _Y__N Y in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

TRACE STRAE ROATE TRADE TRICE GRATE
Words starting with L Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.67 Entropy (bits)
176 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 63% of evaluated openers
1.28 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LYSIN 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,375 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LYSIN ranks #3,375 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
952
4 guesses
1,144
5 guesses
186
6 guesses
17
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:
ILNS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
18%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

467
233
219
141
137
124
73
72
67
63
57
53
49
43
40
39
32
29
26
25
25
19
18
17
15
15
15
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LYSIN:

20% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
10% chance
Suggested:
STRAE
9% chance
Suggested:
ROATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.8% →
TRACE 6.43 bits
9.9% →
STRAE 5.78 bits
9.3% →
ROATE 5.29 bits
6.0% →
TRADE 4.92 bits
5.8% →
TRICE 5.39 bits
5.3% →
TRADE 5.36 bits
3.1% →
GRATE 4.60 bits
3.1% →
SHAPE 4.73 bits
2.8% →
CARET 5.09 bits
2.7% →
RAILE 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1Y4S1I1N1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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