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Five-letter words starting with LI and ending in ES (LI_ES)

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Position 3F 13%K 13%M 13%N 13%

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LIKES

plural of like

“They’d never before seen the likes of him.”

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LINES

plural of line

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LIVES

third-person singular simple present indicative of live

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LIFES

plural of life

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LIMES

A boundary or border, especially of the Roman Empire.

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LIPES

plural of Lipe

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LISES

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LITES

plural of lite

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How many five-letter words match LI_ES?: 8 five-letter words match LI_ES in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 0 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, LITES has the highest feedback entropy at 5.38 bits against the possible answers.