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

LEAVE

Yes, LEAVE was the Wordle answer on October 1, 2022 (Wordle #469).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈliːv/[ˈlɪi̯v]

Verb

To have a consequence or remnant.

“I left my car at home and took a bus to work.”

Verb

To depart; to separate from.

“I left him to his reflections.”

Noun

The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.

“He made 45 leaves in his innings of 64.”

Noun

The arrangement of balls in play that remains after a shot is made (which determines whether the next shooter — who may be either the same player, or an opponent — has good options, or only poor ones).

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 1, 2022 (#469).

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

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How LEAVE performs as a guess

LEAVE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 78.2% of games, misses completely in 21.8%, and leaves about 193 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,142 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

L___E L in the 1st position and E in the 5th position L__V_ L in the 1st position and V in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SNORT CARAT SOULY TONER SIREN SHART
Words starting with L Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.59 Entropy (bits)
193 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LEAVE 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#11,142 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LEAVE ranks #11,142 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
715
4 guesses
1,223
5 guesses
318
6 guesses
22

Composition

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AEL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
38%
All gray
22%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L U M P
L E A V E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LEAVE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

514
245
168
165
146
123
90
80
73
56
54
48
47
38
33
27
26
23
22
22
21
21
18
17
16
15
15
14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LEAVE:

22% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
10% chance
Suggested:
CARAT
7% chance
Suggested:
SOULY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.8% →
SNORT 5.85 bits
10.4% →
CARAT 5.01 bits
7.1% →
SOULY 4.66 bits
7.0% →
TONER 4.90 bits
6.2% →
SIREN 4.49 bits
5.2% →
SHART 4.74 bits
3.8% →
ATOLL 4.38 bits
3.4% →
TAPER 4.31 bits
3.1% →
MERIT 4.21 bits
2.4% →
SLICE 3.79 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1E1A1V4E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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