5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LEAVY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Alternative form of leafy.

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 LEAVY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LEAVY 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 84.3% of games, misses completely in 15.7%, and leaves about 164 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,487 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___Y L in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position L__V_ L in the 1st position and V in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

COURT SIREE CAIRN SIDER TARSE CLOUT
Words starting with L Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.70 Entropy (bits)
164 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LEAVY 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#10,487 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LEAVY ranks #10,487 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
747
4 guesses
1,215
5 guesses
297
6 guesses
26

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AEL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
38%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

371
343
167
131
124
121
114
101
90
70
68
54
51
43
41
26
25
21
20
19
19
18
15
14
14
14
13
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LEAVY:

16% chance
Suggested:
COURT
15% chance
Suggested:
SIREE
7% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.7% →
COURT 6.06 bits
14.5% →
SIREE 5.40 bits
7.1% →
CAIRN 5.17 bits
5.6% →
SIDER 3.79 bits
5.3% →
TARSE 4.75 bits
5.1% →
CLOUT 4.63 bits
4.8% →
SHART 4.76 bits
4.3% →
SLEET 4.62 bits
3.8% →
DETER 4.47 bits
3.0% →
TARDY 3.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1E1A1V4Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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