5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LEGER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈlɛd͡ʒə//ˈlɛd͡ʒəɹ/

Adjective

Lying or remaining in a place; hence, resident.

“a leger ambassador”

Noun

An ambassador or minister resident at a court or seat of government.

Verb

Alternative form of ledger (“to use (a certain type of bait) in bottom fishing; to engage in bottom fishing”).

Adjective

Light; slender, slim; trivial.

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 LEGER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LEGER 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 80.1% of games, misses completely in 19.9%, and leaves about 188 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,433 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___R L in the 1st position and R in the 5th position L__E_ L in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__R E in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT COAST STALE GUANO SONDE DEATH
Words starting with L Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.63 Entropy (bits)
188 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LEGER 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,433 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LEGER ranks #7,433 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
849
4 guesses
1,184
5 guesses
248
6 guesses
15

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
29%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

470
271
246
184
118
98
87
65
55
52
44
43
40
34
32
28
27
26
26
24
22
20
18
17
17
12
12
11
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LEGER:

20% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
11% chance
Suggested:
COAST
10% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.9% →
SAINT 6.03 bits
11.5% →
COAST 5.62 bits
10.4% →
COAST 5.10 bits
7.8% →
SAINT 5.58 bits
5.0% →
COAST 4.93 bits
4.2% →
STALE 4.72 bits
3.7% →
COAST 3.48 bits
2.8% →
GUANO 4.86 bits
2.3% →
SONDE 4.04 bits
2.2% →
DEATH 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1E1G2E1R1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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