5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

LIEGE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /liːd͡ʒ//liːʒ/

Noun

A free and independent person; specifically, a lord paramount; a sovereign.

Noun

A king or lord.

Adjective

Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance.

“a liege lord”

Adjective

Serving an independent sovereign or master; bound by a feudal tenure; obliged to be faithful and loyal to a superior, such as a vassal to his lord; faithful.

“a liege man; a liege subject”

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 LIEGE performs as a guess

LIEGE 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 77.9% of games, misses completely in 22.1%, and leaves about 194 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,529 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___E L in the 1st position and E in the 5th position L__G_ L in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _I__E I in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST COAST SAINT STILL REACT GAUNT
Words starting with L Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.62 Entropy (bits)
194 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 60% of evaluated openers
1.33 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LIEGE 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
0.71 Volatility
#7,529 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LIEGE ranks #7,529 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
852
4 guesses
1,182
5 guesses
252
6 guesses
14
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
3 vowels
Common:
EIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
36%
All gray
22%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N G
B I L G E
L I E G E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LIEGE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

522
216
205
182
146
77
71
65
61
60
59
49
43
39
36
30
29
26
25
24
22
22
21
21
19
19
19
16
15
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LIEGE:

22% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
9% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
9% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.1% →
ROAST 6.03 bits
9.2% →
ROAST 5.15 bits
8.7% →
COAST 5.16 bits
7.7% →
SAINT 5.43 bits
6.2% →
ROAST 5.12 bits
3.3% →
COAST 4.13 bits
3.0% →
STILL 4.18 bits
2.8% →
REACT 4.31 bits
2.6% →
GAUNT 4.92 bits
2.5% →
SAUNT 4.13 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1I1E1G2E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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