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

LEDGE

Yes, LEDGE was the Wordle answer on April 8, 2023 (Wordle #658).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /lɛd͡ʒ//led͡ʒ/

Noun

A narrow surface projecting horizontally from a wall, cliff, or other surface.

Noun

A shelf on which articles may be laid.

Verb

To cause to have, or to develop, a ledge (during mining, canal construction, building, etc).

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: April 8, 2023 (#658).

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

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How LEDGE performs as a guess

LEDGE 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 72.4% of games, misses completely in 27.6%, and leaves about 259 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,655 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___E L in the 1st position and E in the 5th position L__G_ L in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

COAST SONAR ROAST DRAIN SAINT SHART
Words starting with L Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.34 Entropy (bits)
259 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 41% of evaluated openers
1.61 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LEDGE 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,655 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LEDGE ranks #7,655 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
798
4 guesses
1,254
5 guesses
229
6 guesses
10
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
33%
All gray
28%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N G
B U G L E
L E D G E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LEDGE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

650
258
200
190
107
92
75
65
60
35
33
31
31
31
28
25
25
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22
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LEDGE:

28% chance
Suggested:
COAST
11% chance
Suggested:
COAST
8% chance
Suggested:
SONAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.6% →
COAST 6.01 bits
10.9% →
COAST 5.14 bits
8.5% →
SONAR 5.19 bits
8.1% →
ROAST 5.22 bits
4.5% →
DRAIN 5.18 bits
3.9% →
SAINT 5.22 bits
3.2% →
SHART 4.83 bits
2.8% →
PLEAT 4.35 bits
2.5% →
SLANT 4.23 bits
1.5% →
DINER 4.13 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1E1D2G2E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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