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LEECH

Yes, LEECH was the Wordle answer on August 23, 2024 (Wordle #1161).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈliːt͡ʃ/[ˈlɪi̯t͡ʃ]

Noun

A typically aquatic blood-sucking annelid of the subclass Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.

Noun

A person who derives advantage from others in a parasitic fashion.

Verb

To apply a leech medicinally, so that it sucks blood from the patient.

Verb

To drain (resources) without giving back.

“Bert leeched hundreds of files from the BBS, but never uploaded anything in return.”

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: August 23, 2024 (#1161).

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

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How LEECH performs as a guess

LEECH 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 76.0% of games, misses completely in 24.0%, and leaves about 237 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,088 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___H L in the 1st position and H in the 5th position L__C_ L in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _E__H E in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SONAR ALLOT BAILE SAINT RAINY
Words starting with L Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.40 Entropy (bits)
237 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 45% of evaluated openers
1.55 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LEECH 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#8,088 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LEECH ranks #8,088 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
859
4 guesses
1,168
5 guesses
251
6 guesses
26
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)
76%
Green tile
28%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LEECH in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LEECH:

24% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
14% chance
Suggested:
SONAR
11% chance
Suggested:
ALLOT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.0% →
ROAST 5.99 bits
14.5% →
SONAR 5.30 bits
10.6% →
ALLOT 5.16 bits
4.6% →
SONAR 5.25 bits
4.5% →
BAILE 4.63 bits
3.7% →
SAINT 5.06 bits
3.4% →
RAINY 4.68 bits
2.1% →
ROAST 4.35 bits
2.0% →
STRAE 4.45 bits
1.9% →
TARSE 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1E1E1C3H4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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