5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LEADS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /lɛdz//liːdz/

Noun

plural of lead

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of lead

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 LEADS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LEADS 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 88.0% of games, misses completely in 12.0%, and leaves about 107 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,596 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___S L in the 1st position and S in the 5th position L__D_ L in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TRONE CARAT SPOUT SNORE GUILT
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.24 Entropy (bits)
107 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LEADS 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,596 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LEADS ranks #1,596 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
936
4 guesses
1,171
5 guesses
155
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
28%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

109 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

282
222
166
151
105
105
93
79
72
68
57
54
52
48
45
43
37
32
29
29
29
25
24
24
24
23
23
21
19
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LEADS:

12% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
9% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
7% chance
Suggested:
CARAT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.0% →
COUNT 5.92 bits
9.4% →
TRONE 5.39 bits
7.0% →
CARAT 5.02 bits
6.4% →
SPOUT 5.00 bits
4.5% →
SNORE 4.70 bits
4.5% →
GUILT 4.60 bits
3.9% →
TARGE 4.63 bits
3.3% →
ATOLL 4.41 bits
3.1% →
RONTE 4.40 bits
2.9% →
ELITE 4.28 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1E1A1D2S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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