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Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LEWIS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈluːɪs/

Noun

A cramp iron inserted into a cavity in order to lift heavy stones; used as a symbol of strength in Freemasonry.

Noun

The son of a Freemason, envisaged as assisting his father in heavy work or in old age.

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 LEWIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LEWIS 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 84.6% of games, misses completely in 15.4%, and leaves about 150 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,463 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__I_ L in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COURT ORATE ROAST ALLOT PRINT STARE
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.72 Entropy (bits)
150 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 66% of evaluated openers
1.23 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LEWIS 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,463 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LEWIS ranks #7,463 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
845
4 guesses
1,202
5 guesses
237
6 guesses
16
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:
EILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
21%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

363
282
168
147
136
123
111
107
105
75
58
55
52
37
34
31
28
28
27
24
23
21
18
18
17
15
15
15
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LEWIS:

15% chance
Suggested:
COURT
12% chance
Suggested:
ORATE
7% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.4% →
COURT 5.87 bits
12.0% →
ORATE 5.34 bits
7.1% →
ROAST 5.25 bits
6.2% →
ALLOT 5.00 bits
5.8% →
PRINT 5.06 bits
5.2% →
STARE 4.88 bits
4.7% →
CARTE 4.56 bits
4.5% →
BLATE 4.39 bits
4.5% →
DINER 4.68 bits
3.2% →
CADET 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1E1W4I1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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