5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

LITER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈliː.tə//ˈli.tɚ/[ˈli.ɾɚ]

Noun

Alternative form of litre, one cubic decimeter.

Noun

Alternative form of litter.

Alternative forms: lit.

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 LITER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LITER 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 90.8% of games, misses completely in 9.2%, and leaves about 85 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #462 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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

MASON ACORN SAUCY CEASE SNOUT BLASE
Words starting with L Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.52 Entropy (bits)
85 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 99% of evaluated openers
0.43 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LITER 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#462 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LITER ranks #462 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
85
3 guesses
1,012
4 guesses
1,070
5 guesses
171
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EILRT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
91%
Green tile
29%
All gray
9%

Feedback distribution

126 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

218
159
151
150
127
102
92
79
77
71
70
54
51
51
45
42
40
36
31
30
27
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19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LITER:

9% chance
Suggested:
MASON
7% chance
Suggested:
ACORN
6% chance
Suggested:
SAUCY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.2% →
MASON 5.42 bits
6.7% →
ACORN 5.07 bits
6.4% →
SAUCY 4.99 bits
6.4% →
CEASE 5.28 bits
5.4% →
CEASE 4.69 bits
4.3% →
SNOUT 5.18 bits
3.9% →
BLASE 4.50 bits
3.4% →
SCION 4.76 bits
3.3% →
SHAPE 4.91 bits
3.0% →
COAST 4.85 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1I1T1E1R1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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