5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LIROT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of lira

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 LIROT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LIROT 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 89.4% of games, misses completely in 10.6%, and leaves about 97 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #82 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.55 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___T L in the 1st position and T in the 5th position L__O_ L in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _I__T I in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

DANSE SABLE CEASE SCONE HASTE SAINE
Words starting with L Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.38 Entropy (bits)
97 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 97% of evaluated openers
0.57 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LIROT 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.

3.55 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#82 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LIROT ranks #82 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
1,088
4 guesses
1,036
5 guesses
143
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:
ILORT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
32%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

117 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

251
191
188
127
107
106
103
72
70
66
66
54
54
47
45
37
35
32
30
30
28
26
26
25
25
25
22
22
21
21

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LIROT:

11% chance
Suggested:
DANSE
8% chance
Suggested:
SABLE
8% chance
Suggested:
CEASE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.6% →
DANSE 5.81 bits
8.1% →
SABLE 5.32 bits
8.0% →
CEASE 5.11 bits
5.4% →
SCONE 4.90 bits
4.5% →
HASTE 5.28 bits
4.5% →
SAINE 5.39 bits
4.4% →
SONCE 4.44 bits
3.1% →
DANSE 4.59 bits
3.0% →
CLADE 4.62 bits
2.8% →
SCAPE 4.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1I1R1O1T1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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