5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LESTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 LESTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LESTS 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 82.4% of games, misses completely in 17.6%, and leaves about 179 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,643 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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__T_ L in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROANY IRADE COALY TRAIN ALINE SNARY
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.49 Entropy (bits)
179 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 51% of evaluated openers
1.46 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LESTS 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,643 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LESTS ranks #9,643 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
763
4 guesses
1,267
5 guesses
243
6 guesses
24
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
1 vowels
Common:
ELST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
22%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

416
314
200
162
121
116
112
96
94
90
56
53
46
40
34
31
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25
25
22
19
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11
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11
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LESTS:

18% chance
Suggested:
ROANY
13% chance
Suggested:
IRADE
8% chance
Suggested:
COALY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.6% →
ROANY 5.76 bits
13.3% →
IRADE 5.11 bits
8.5% →
COALY 4.87 bits
6.9% →
TRAIN 5.34 bits
5.1% →
ALINE 4.47 bits
4.9% →
SNARY 4.83 bits
4.7% →
PARSE 4.73 bits
4.1% →
RANCE 4.70 bits
4.0% →
TREAT 4.63 bits
3.8% →
ROAST 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1E1S1T1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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