5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LEPRA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈlɛprə/

Noun

Synonym of leprosy.

Noun

Synonym of psoriasis.

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 LEPRA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LEPRA 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 88.4% of games, misses completely in 11.6%, and leaves about 105 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,036 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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__R_ L in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _E__A E in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST SAINT TOISE GROUT SOULY SAUNT
Words starting with L Words ending with A

First-turn measures

5.23 Entropy (bits)
105 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LEPRA 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#2,036 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LEPRA ranks #2,036 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
77
3 guesses
963
4 guesses
1,105
5 guesses
191
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AELR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
23%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

115 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

274
168
163
150
130
121
108
96
96
84
68
57
55
52
50
33
33
33
29
25
24
23
23
22
21
20
19
19
18
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LEPRA:

12% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
7% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
7% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.6% →
HOIST 5.85 bits
7.1% →
SAINT 5.30 bits
6.9% →
TOISE 5.37 bits
6.4% →
TOISE 4.62 bits
5.5% →
GROUT 4.95 bits
5.1% →
SOULY 4.59 bits
4.6% →
SAINT 4.45 bits
4.1% →
SAINT 4.39 bits
4.1% →
SAUNT 4.51 bits
3.6% →
TOILE 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1E1P3R1A1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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