5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LYTIC

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Of, relating to, or causing lysis.

Adjective

Of or relating to lysin.

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 LYTIC performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LYTIC 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 80.6% of games, misses completely in 19.4%, and leaves about 183 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,619 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

AROSE SOARE RINSE DORSE SHIER CLEAN
Words starting with L Words ending with C

First-turn measures

4.52 Entropy (bits)
183 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LYTIC 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
#4,619 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LYTIC ranks #4,619 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
947
4 guesses
1,121
5 guesses
217
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ILT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
16%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

458
241
216
166
165
159
83
59
58
55
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49
44
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LYTIC:

19% chance
Suggested:
AROSE
10% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
9% chance
Suggested:
SOARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.4% →
AROSE 6.05 bits
10.2% →
SOARE 5.85 bits
9.2% →
SOARE 5.26 bits
7.0% →
RINSE 5.51 bits
7.0% →
SOARE 5.85 bits
6.7% →
DORSE 4.88 bits
3.5% →
SHIER 4.66 bits
2.5% →
CLEAN 4.69 bits
2.5% →
GLARE 4.43 bits
2.3% →
ALOSE 4.84 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1Y4T1I1C3
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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