5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LERPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of lerp

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of lerp

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 LERPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LERPS 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 87.1% of games, misses completely in 12.9%, and leaves about 122 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,993 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___S L in the 1st position and S in the 5th position L__P_ L in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONIC TRAIN ORATE DAINE ALLOT SAINT
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.04 Entropy (bits)
122 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 85% of evaluated openers
0.91 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LERPS 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,993 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LERPS ranks #2,993 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
936
4 guesses
1,151
5 guesses
182
6 guesses
17
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
1 vowels
Common:
ELRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
22%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

304
181
178
175
171
149
110
85
62
58
52
47
44
44
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37
31
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LERPS:

13% chance
Suggested:
TONIC
8% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
8% chance
Suggested:
ORATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.9% →
TONIC 5.82 bits
7.7% →
TRAIN 5.32 bits
7.5% →
ORATE 4.34 bits
7.4% →
DAINE 5.23 bits
7.3% →
ALLOT 4.96 bits
6.3% →
SAINT 5.44 bits
4.7% →
OLATE 4.42 bits
3.6% →
STANE 4.76 bits
2.6% →
DIANE 4.34 bits
2.5% →
SHALL 4.25 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1E1R1P3S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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