5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LEHUA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ləˈhuːə//leɪˈhuːə/

Noun

The flower or wood of a Polynesian tree (Metrosideros collina); the tree itself.

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 LEHUA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LEHUA 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 89.7% of games, misses completely in 10.3%, and leaves about 132 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,842 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___A L in the 1st position and A in the 5th position L__U_ L in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _E__A E in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE TRAIN SNORT TARSE NASAL MOUNT
Words starting with L Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.83 Entropy (bits)
132 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 73% of evaluated openers
1.12 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LEHUA 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#7,842 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LEHUA ranks #7,842 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
853
4 guesses
1,175
5 guesses
249
6 guesses
23
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
3 vowels
Common:
AELU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
19%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

272
252
242
156
125
117
99
95
90
83
67
66
59
53
46
46
29
29
28
23
22
21
21
18
17
16
15
15
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LEHUA:

12% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
10% chance
Suggested:
SNORT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.5% →
TRINE 5.33 bits
10.7% →
TRAIN 5.41 bits
10.3% →
SNORT 5.68 bits
6.6% →
TARSE 4.71 bits
5.3% →
NASAL 4.19 bits
5.0% →
MOUNT 4.65 bits
4.2% →
SKILL 4.61 bits
4.0% →
TERSE 4.54 bits
3.8% →
TORCH 5.04 bits
3.5% →
SLEET 4.66 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1E1H4U1A1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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