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LEAST

Yes, LEAST was the Wordle answer on September 1, 2025 (Wordle #1535).

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /liːst//list/

Adjective

Chiefly preceded by the: superlative form of little: most little.

“least common multiple”

Determiner

Chiefly preceded by the: superlative form of little: most little.

“He earns the least money in his family.”

Adverb

In a degree below all others; in the lowest or smallest degree.

“My best routine was the one I had practised the least.”

Adverb

Used to form superlatives of adjectives, especially those that do not form the superlative by adding -est.

“It was the least surprising thing.”

Alternative forms: 'least

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: September 1, 2025 (#1535).

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

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How LEAST performs as a guess

LEAST 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 90.3% of games, misses completely in 9.7%, and leaves about 80 possible answers on average.

In the current bounded six-turn policy, it ranks #12 of 182 evaluated openers; exact misses rank first, then average guesses among wins.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #51 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.

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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__S_ L in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _E__T E in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

IRONY DRONE RAYON COULD NORTH RANGE
Words starting with L Words ending with T

First-turn measures

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

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LEAST 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
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#51 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LEAST ranks #51 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
102
3 guesses
1,042
4 guesses
1,047
5 guesses
143
6 guesses
18
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:
AELST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
37%
All gray
10%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LEAST in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

141 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

228
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107
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69
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LEAST:

10% chance
Suggested:
IRONY
9% chance
Suggested:
DRONE
6% chance
Suggested:
RAYON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.7% →
IRONY 5.45 bits
8.9% →
DRONE 5.36 bits
5.9% →
RAYON 5.04 bits
4.5% →
COULD 4.73 bits
3.7% →
NORTH 5.09 bits
3.4% →
RANGE 4.34 bits
3.3% →
SCION 4.77 bits
2.9% →
BLEED 4.36 bits
2.8% →
GENRE 4.21 bits
2.7% →
ROYAL 4.05 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1E1A1S1T1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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