5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet A tier opener

LEANT

LEANT is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 96.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈlɛnt/

Verb

simple past and past participle of lean

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

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 LEANT performs as a guess

LEANT 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 91.0% of games, misses completely in 9.0%, and leaves about 79 possible answers on average.

In the current bounded six-turn policy, it ranks #68 of 182 evaluated openers; exact misses rank first, then average guesses among wins.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #70 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.55 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___T L in the 1st position and T in the 5th position L__N_ L in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _E__T E in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SCOUR PROSE SOULY CAROM SOUTH SIREE
Words starting with L Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.68 Entropy (bits)
79 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
96.6% Avg ruled out
In the top 1% for first-turn entropy
0.27 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LEANT 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.

3.55 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#70 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LEANT ranks #70 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
90
3 guesses
1,058
4 guesses
1,038
5 guesses
150
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AELNT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
91%
Green tile
38%
All gray
9%

Example solver route

R O A T E
L E A N S
L E A N T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LEANT in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

132 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

213
212
120
116
98
78
76
68
65
64
62
59
59
52
47
47
45
38
36
33
31
29
29
26
23
23
22
19
17
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LEANT:

9% chance
Suggested:
SCOUR
9% chance
Suggested:
PROSE
5% chance
Suggested:
SOULY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.0% →
SCOUR 5.39 bits
9.0% →
PROSE 5.32 bits
5.1% →
SOULY 4.71 bits
4.9% →
CAROM 5.01 bits
4.2% →
SOUTH 4.95 bits
3.3% →
SIREE 4.25 bits
3.2% →
SARGE 4.34 bits
2.9% →
SONIC 4.77 bits
2.8% →
SOLAR 4.19 bits
2.7% →
DINER 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1E1A1N1T1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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