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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

LADLE

Yes, LADLE was the Wordle answer on March 15, 2025 (Wordle #1365).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈleɪ.dəl//ˈlæɪ.dəl/

Noun

A deep-bowled spoonlike utensil with a long, usually curved, handle.

Noun

A container used in a foundry or steel mill to transport and pour out molten metal.

Verb

To pour or serve something with a ladle.

“One worker ladled molten steel into the shot sleeve.”

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: March 15, 2025 (#1365).

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

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How LADLE performs as a guess

LADLE 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 81.1% of games, misses completely in 18.9%, and leaves about 168 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,033 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___E L in the 1st position and E in the 5th position L__L_ L in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST RESET TRASH SIREN TONEY CLOUT
Words starting with L Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.74 Entropy (bits)
168 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 68% of evaluated openers
1.21 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LADLE 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,033 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LADLE ranks #9,033 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
804
4 guesses
1,230
5 guesses
257
6 guesses
15
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AEL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
39%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S M I L Y
C A D G E
L A D L E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LADLE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

445
252
186
179
134
97
90
73
71
68
60
60
38
35
34
27
26
23
23
22
21
20
18
17
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16
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LADLE:

19% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
11% chance
Suggested:
RESET
8% chance
Suggested:
TRASH

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.9% →
HOIST 5.99 bits
10.7% →
RESET 5.36 bits
7.9% →
TRASH 5.19 bits
7.6% →
SIREN 4.66 bits
5.7% →
TONEY 4.07 bits
4.1% →
CLOUT 4.45 bits
3.8% →
SONAR 4.22 bits
3.1% →
REAST 4.39 bits
3.0% →
ROUND 4.79 bits
2.9% →
SHART 4.12 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1A1D2L1E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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