5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LEAKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /liːks/

Noun

plural of leak

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of leak

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 LEAKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LEAKS 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 86.3% of games, misses completely in 13.7%, and leaves about 132 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,545 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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__K_ L in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

DROIT TRODE RAINY SNOUT GUILD TONER
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.99 Entropy (bits)
132 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% 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 LEAKS 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#5,545 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LEAKS ranks #5,545 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
839
4 guesses
1,248
5 guesses
188
6 guesses
13
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

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

322
274
196
132
114
107
98
96
85
80
56
48
43
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26
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LEAKS:

14% chance
Suggested:
DROIT
12% chance
Suggested:
TRODE
8% chance
Suggested:
RAINY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.7% →
DROIT 5.72 bits
11.6% →
TRODE 5.27 bits
8.3% →
RAINY 4.91 bits
5.6% →
SNOUT 5.10 bits
4.8% →
GUILD 4.80 bits
4.5% →
TONER 4.71 bits
4.2% →
TARGE 4.60 bits
4.1% →
DETER 4.46 bits
3.6% →
ATOLL 4.39 bits
3.4% →
ELIDE 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1E1A1K5S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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