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

LEGAL

Yes, LEGAL was the Wordle answer on July 17, 2026 (Wordle #1854).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈliː.ɡəl//ˈli.ɡəl/

Adjective

Relating to the law or to lawyers.

“legal profession”

Adjective

Having its basis in the law.

“legal precedent”

Noun

The legal department of a company or organization.

“Legal wants this in writing.”

Noun

A spy who is attached to, and ostensibly employed by, an embassy, military outpost, etc.

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: July 17, 2026 (#1854).

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

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How LEGAL performs as a guess

LEGAL 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 81.2% of games, misses completely in 18.8%, and leaves about 208 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,203 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___L L in the 1st position and L in the 5th position L__A_ L in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__L E in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

COURT TRONE TRAIN TARSE TERSE CLOUT
Words starting with L Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.47 Entropy (bits)
208 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 50% of evaluated openers
1.48 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LEGAL 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,203 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LEGAL ranks #10,203 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
746
4 guesses
1,251
5 guesses
274
6 guesses
21
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:
AEL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
25%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

R O A T E
L A D E N
L E G A L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LEGAL in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

444
361
300
144
110
103
76
73
64
43
41
37
34
33
33
28
25
22
21
19
18
17
16
15
14
14
13
13
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LEGAL:

19% chance
Suggested:
COURT
15% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
13% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.8% →
COURT 5.98 bits
15.3% →
TRONE 5.34 bits
12.7% →
TRAIN 5.19 bits
6.1% →
TARSE 4.77 bits
4.7% →
TERSE 4.56 bits
4.4% →
CLOUT 4.59 bits
3.2% →
SLEET 4.51 bits
3.1% →
STALK 4.20 bits
2.7% →
GOURD 4.71 bits
1.8% →
BLASE 3.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1E1G2A1L1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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