5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LEERS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of leer

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of leer

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 LEERS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LEERS 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 84.6% of games, misses completely in 15.4%, and leaves about 147 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,721 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___S L in the 1st position and S in the 5th position L__R_ L in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONIC TRAIN ALLOT SAINT POTAE DAINE
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.84 Entropy (bits)
147 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 74% of evaluated openers
1.11 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LEERS 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#6,721 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LEERS ranks #6,721 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
861
4 guesses
1,179
5 guesses
229
6 guesses
22
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:
ELRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
27%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

363
216
198
183
175
158
90
82
71
52
52
50
43
32
30
28
28
25
21
20
18
17
17
17
16
16
16
15
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LEERS:

15% chance
Suggested:
TONIC
9% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
8% chance
Suggested:
ALLOT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.4% →
TONIC 5.78 bits
9.2% →
TRAIN 5.19 bits
8.4% →
ALLOT 4.95 bits
7.8% →
SAINT 5.35 bits
7.4% →
POTAE 4.38 bits
6.7% →
DAINE 5.14 bits
3.8% →
BAILE 4.57 bits
3.5% →
SPATE 4.51 bits
3.0% →
STALL 4.43 bits
2.2% →
HOARD 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1E1E1R1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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