5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LEAFS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /liːfs/

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of leaf

Noun

plural of leaf

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 LEAFS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LEAFS 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 86.5% of games, misses completely in 13.5%, and leaves about 129 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,035 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__F_ L in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TRODE CARAT SHORT SPIRE COULD
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.00 Entropy (bits)
129 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 83% of evaluated openers
0.95 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LEAFS 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,035 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LEAFS ranks #4,035 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
870
4 guesses
1,218
5 guesses
180
6 guesses
11
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
2 vowels
Common:
AELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
27%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

318
260
192
146
113
106
103
85
77
74
61
48
48
45
37
33
33
28
27
26
25
25
25
24
23
22
20
20
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LEAFS:

13% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
11% chance
Suggested:
TRODE
8% chance
Suggested:
CARAT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.5% →
COUNT 5.81 bits
11.0% →
TRODE 5.28 bits
8.1% →
CARAT 4.99 bits
6.2% →
SHORT 5.21 bits
4.8% →
SPIRE 4.82 bits
4.5% →
COULD 4.77 bits
4.4% →
TARGE 4.55 bits
3.6% →
RONTE 4.55 bits
3.3% →
ATOLL 4.30 bits
3.1% →
BLEED 4.33 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1E1A1F4S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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