5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LEESE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /liːz/

Verb

To lose.

Verb

To destroy.

Alternative forms: lese, lease

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 LEESE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LEESE 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 73.2% of games, misses completely in 26.8%, and leaves about 255 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,447 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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__S_ L in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN ALLOT STAIN ORATE RAINY TIARE
Words starting with L Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.20 Entropy (bits)
255 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 32% of evaluated openers
1.75 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LEESE 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,447 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LEESE ranks #12,447 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
715
4 guesses
1,243
5 guesses
334
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

3/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
ELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
40%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

631
250
207
172
170
101
76
63
62
58
51
41
35
35
33
30
24
24
19
19
19
15
14
12
12
12
11
11
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LEESE:

27% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
11% chance
Suggested:
ALLOT
9% chance
Suggested:
STAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.8% →
TRAIN 5.99 bits
10.6% →
ALLOT 5.03 bits
8.8% →
STAIN 5.05 bits
7.3% →
ORATE 4.37 bits
7.2% →
RAINY 4.51 bits
4.3% →
RAINY 4.55 bits
3.2% →
TIARE 4.43 bits
2.7% →
STALL 4.26 bits
2.6% →
PRATE 3.87 bits
2.5% →
BAILE 3.97 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1E1E1S1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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