5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LEFTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of left

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 LEFTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LEFTS 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 84.0% of games, misses completely in 16.0%, and leaves about 153 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,255 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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__T_ L in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROANY IRONE COALY TRAIN SNARY SPAER
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.76 Entropy (bits)
153 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 69% of evaluated openers
1.19 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LEFTS 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,255 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LEFTS ranks #4,255 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
883
4 guesses
1,209
5 guesses
183
6 guesses
13
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

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ELST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
21%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

377
283
168
149
140
122
108
89
85
84
60
45
39
36
35
35
30
30
30
25
24
22
21
20
19
18
18
14
14
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LEFTS:

16% chance
Suggested:
ROANY
12% chance
Suggested:
IRONE
7% chance
Suggested:
COALY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.0% →
ROANY 5.78 bits
12.0% →
IRONE 5.12 bits
7.1% →
COALY 4.92 bits
6.3% →
TRAIN 5.26 bits
5.9% →
SNARY 4.91 bits
5.2% →
SPAER 4.79 bits
4.6% →
ALINE 4.48 bits
3.8% →
TREAT 4.63 bits
3.6% →
RANCE 4.80 bits
3.6% →
ROAST 4.62 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1E1F4T1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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