5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LEAPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /liːps/

Noun

plural of leap

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 LEAPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LEAPS 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 87.5% of games, misses completely in 12.5%, and leaves about 114 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,156 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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__P_ L in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TRODE CARAT SHOUT COULD TARGE
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.21 Entropy (bits)
114 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 92% of evaluated openers
0.74 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LEAPS 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,156 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LEAPS ranks #1,156 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
80
3 guesses
950
4 guesses
1,160
5 guesses
148
6 guesses
14
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)
88%
Green tile
28%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

111 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

294
242
182
131
115
99
90
85
79
78
61
48
42
39
38
37
32
29
29
29
26
26
24
23
22
20
19
19
19
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LEAPS:

12% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
10% chance
Suggested:
TRODE
8% chance
Suggested:
CARAT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.5% →
COUNT 5.82 bits
10.3% →
TRODE 5.30 bits
7.7% →
CARAT 4.95 bits
5.6% →
SHOUT 5.13 bits
4.9% →
COULD 4.76 bits
4.2% →
TARGE 4.59 bits
3.8% →
DETER 4.44 bits
3.6% →
TONER 4.82 bits
3.4% →
ATOLL 4.35 bits
3.3% →
FLEET 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1E1A1P3S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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