5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LIERS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of lier

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 LIERS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LIERS 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 90.9% of games, misses completely in 9.1%, and leaves about 91 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,440 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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__R_ L in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

MOUNT PATEE COATE APRON COALY SAUNT
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.36 Entropy (bits)
91 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LIERS 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,440 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LIERS ranks #1,440 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
84
3 guesses
952
4 guesses
1,129
5 guesses
174
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EILRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
91%
Green tile
26%
All gray
9%

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

214
176
158
151
129
123
106
89
80
60
55
53
52
51
44
40
38
36
34
32
32
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24
24
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22
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21

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LIERS:

9% chance
Suggested:
MOUNT
7% chance
Suggested:
PATEE
7% chance
Suggested:
COATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.1% →
MOUNT 5.50 bits
7.5% →
PATEE 4.63 bits
6.7% →
COATE 5.20 bits
6.4% →
APRON 4.90 bits
5.5% →
COALY 4.75 bits
5.2% →
SAUNT 4.99 bits
4.5% →
TABLE 4.54 bits
3.8% →
ANTIC 5.16 bits
3.4% →
SPATE 4.76 bits
2.5% →
PITHY 3.87 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1I1E1R1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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