5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LENTO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈlɛntəʊ//ˈlɛntoʊ/

Adjective

Slow (45–60 bpm).

Noun

A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played very slowly.

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 LENTO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LENTO 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 89.8% of games, misses completely in 10.2%, and leaves about 100 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,466 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___O L in the 1st position and O in the 5th position L__T_ L in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _E__O E in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SAURY ARISE SMALL CAROM TRAIT RAILE
Words starting with L Words ending with O

First-turn measures

5.25 Entropy (bits)
100 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 93% of evaluated openers
0.70 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LENTO 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#2,466 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LENTO ranks #2,466 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
952
4 guesses
1,119
5 guesses
183
6 guesses
22
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
2 vowels
Common:
ELNOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
24%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

240
232
150
132
114
108
90
88
75
71
70
68
62
62
44
40
39
36
33
33
32
30
28
27
22
21
19
19
19
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LENTO:

10% chance
Suggested:
SAURY
10% chance
Suggested:
ARISE
6% chance
Suggested:
SMALL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.2% →
SAURY 5.55 bits
9.8% →
ARISE 5.34 bits
6.4% →
SMALL 4.92 bits
5.6% →
CAROM 4.84 bits
4.8% →
TRAIT 5.22 bits
4.6% →
RAILE 4.51 bits
3.8% →
MORSE 4.39 bits
3.7% →
SAREE 4.83 bits
3.2% →
SCRAE 4.62 bits
3.0% →
SHART 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1E1N1T1O1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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