5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LIFER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪfə(ɹ)/

Noun

A prisoner sentenced to life in prison.

Noun

A prisoner sentenced to transportation for life.

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 LIFER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LIFER 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 86.5% of games, misses completely in 13.5%, and leaves about 132 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,039 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___R L in the 1st position and R in the 5th position L__E_ L in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__R I in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position LI_ER L in the 1st position, I in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAUNT TEASE COAST SAINT SLATE SCANT
Words starting with L Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.97 Entropy (bits)
132 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 82% of evaluated openers
0.98 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LIFER 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#5,039 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LIFER ranks #5,039 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
872
4 guesses
1,166
5 guesses
219
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
2 vowels
Common:
EILR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
26%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

111 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

319
224
209
161
160
121
106
81
71
68
64
61
58
38
31
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LIFER:

14% chance
Suggested:
SAUNT
9% chance
Suggested:
TEASE
9% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.5% →
SAUNT 5.78 bits
9.5% →
TEASE 5.53 bits
8.9% →
COAST 5.60 bits
6.8% →
COAST 5.11 bits
6.8% →
TEASE 4.79 bits
5.1% →
SAINT 5.46 bits
4.5% →
SLATE 4.58 bits
3.4% →
COAST 3.57 bits
3.0% →
COAST 4.09 bits
2.9% →
SAINT 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1I1F4E1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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