5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

LEAKY

Yes, LEAKY was the Wordle answer on October 15, 2023 (Wordle #848).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈliːki/

Adjective

Having leaks; not fully sealed.

“The leaky bucket dripped only one drop at a time, but by the time I got back to the house it was half empty.”

Adjective

Tending to leak secrets or information.

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: October 15, 2023 (#848).

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

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How LEAKY performs as a guess

LEAKY 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 85.8% of games, misses completely in 14.2%, and leaves about 155 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,719 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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___Y L in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position L__K_ L in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE COURT CAIRN TARSE BIOSE FLOUT
Words starting with L Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.76 Entropy (bits)
155 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 69% of evaluated openers
1.18 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LEAKY 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,719 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LEAKY ranks #9,719 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
747
4 guesses
1,294
5 guesses
233
6 guesses
25
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:
AEL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
38%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C H I L D
L E A F Y
L E A K Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LEAKY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

356
336
172
119
118
103
101
100
92
80
69
51
46
46
43
39
23
23
23
22
21
20
20
19
15
15
15
15
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LEAKY:

15% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
14% chance
Suggested:
COURT
7% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.1% →
TRONE 5.35 bits
14.2% →
COURT 5.96 bits
7.3% →
CAIRN 5.15 bits
5.0% →
TARSE 4.70 bits
5.0% →
BIOSE 3.84 bits
4.4% →
FLOUT 4.53 bits
4.3% →
SIREN 4.62 bits
4.2% →
TOISE 4.45 bits
3.9% →
SHART 4.78 bits
3.4% →
TONAL 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1E1A1K5Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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