5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

LEPER

LEPER is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈlɛpɚ/

Noun

A person who has leprosy, a person suffering from Hansen's disease.

Noun

Synonym of outcast: A person who is shunned, a pariah.

Verb

To afflict with leprosy.

Verb

Synonym of infect.

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

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 LEPER performs as a guess

LEPER 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 80.3% of games, misses completely in 19.7%, and leaves about 182 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,249 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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 BLASE POSIT DEATH SATIN
Words starting with L Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.69 Entropy (bits)
182 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 64% of evaluated openers
1.26 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LEPER 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,249 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LEPER ranks #5,249 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
886
4 guesses
1,157
5 guesses
226
6 guesses
15
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:
ELR

Feedback chances

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

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E D
C L U M P
L E P E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LEPER in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

465
262
235
182
113
97
82
78
52
52
47
45
42
41
36
33
28
27
25
25
23
17
17
16
12
12
12
12
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LEPER:

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.

19.7% →
SAINT 6.15 bits
11.1% →
COAST 5.53 bits
10.0% →
COAST 5.01 bits
7.7% →
SAINT 5.53 bits
4.8% →
COAST 4.85 bits
4.1% →
BLASE 4.58 bits
3.5% →
COAST 3.47 bits
3.3% →
POSIT 4.91 bits
2.2% →
COAST 4.18 bits
2.2% →
DEATH 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1E1P3E1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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