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

LEFTY

Yes, LEFTY was the Wordle answer on September 16, 2025 (Wordle #1550).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈlɛfti/

Noun

One who is left-handed.

Noun

One who has left-wing political views.

Adjective

Left-handed.

Adjective

Intended for left-handed use.

“The lefty scissors are the ones with the red plastic handles.”

Alternative forms: leftie

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: September 16, 2025 (#1550).

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

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How LEFTY performs as a guess

LEFTY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 84.2% of games, misses completely in 15.8%, and leaves about 184 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,304 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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___Y L in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position L__T_ L in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SONAR CAIRN ROAST SNAIL ALOSE SAREE
Words starting with L Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.54 Entropy (bits)
184 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LEFTY 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,304 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LEFTY ranks #8,304 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
813
4 guesses
1,211
5 guesses
251
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ELT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
31%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
P I T H Y
T E S T Y
L E F T Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LEFTY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

378
373
212
171
147
125
122
81
55
47
36
35
32
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LEFTY:

16% chance
Suggested:
SONAR
16% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN
9% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.0% →
SONAR 5.55 bits
15.8% →
CAIRN 6.08 bits
9.0% →
ROAST 5.44 bits
7.2% →
SNAIL 5.10 bits
6.2% →
SONAR 4.57 bits
5.3% →
ALOSE 4.46 bits
5.2% →
SAREE 4.90 bits
3.4% →
RANSE 4.74 bits
2.3% →
SOLAR 3.75 bits
2.0% →
SONAR 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1E1F4T1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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