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

LEASH

Yes, LEASH was the Wordle answer on November 10, 2023 (Wordle #874).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /liːʃ/

Noun

A strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an animal, often a dog.

Noun

A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom.

Verb

To fasten or secure with a leash.

Verb

to curb, restrain

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: November 10, 2023 (#874).

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

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How LEASH performs as a guess

LEASH 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 89.4% of games, misses completely in 10.6%, and leaves about 103 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,337 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___H L in the 1st position and H in the 5th position L__S_ L in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _E__H E in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

TRODE DROIT RAYON COULD SNOUT TARGE
Words starting with L Words ending with H

First-turn measures

5.36 Entropy (bits)
103 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 96% of evaluated openers
0.59 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LEASH 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,337 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LEASH ranks #1,337 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
87
3 guesses
945
4 guesses
1,135
5 guesses
173
6 guesses
12
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)
89%
Green tile
33%
All gray
11%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C H I L D
L E A S H

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LEASH in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

123 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

252
250
179
116
103
97
86
85
81
69
57
53
48
44
38
35
35
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27
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LEASH:

11% chance
Suggested:
TRODE
11% chance
Suggested:
DROIT
8% chance
Suggested:
RAYON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.7% →
TRODE 5.20 bits
10.6% →
DROIT 5.70 bits
7.6% →
RAYON 4.96 bits
4.9% →
COULD 4.65 bits
4.4% →
SNOUT 5.08 bits
4.1% →
TARGE 4.50 bits
3.6% →
ATOLL 4.40 bits
3.6% →
DETER 4.46 bits
3.4% →
ELIDE 4.34 bits
2.9% →
TRINE 4.66 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1E1A1S1H4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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