LITRE
LITRE is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.
Meaning and pronunciation
Pronunciation: /ˈliːtə//ˈli.tɚ/[ˈli.ɾɚ]
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The metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbol: L, l, or ℓ.
“You should be able to fill four cups with one litre of water.”
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A measure of volume equivalent to a litre.
Alternative forms: liter
Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.
Etymology
From French litre, from Medieval Latin litra, from Ancient Greek λίτρα (lítra, “a Sicilian coin, a measure of weight”). Related to Latin lībra. Doublet of arratel, libbra, Libra, libra, lira, litra, livre, and rottol.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA)
Related meanings
Synonyms l LITER
In a sentence
I need a litre of milk.
This is a one-litre bottle.
Use LITRE in a puzzle
As an opener, it rules out about 96.7% of possible answers.
Wordle status
A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.
Playable guess
YesIncluded in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.
Possible answer
NoThe solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.
Past Wordle answer
No completed appearanceNo appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.
The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.
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See what the public sample says →How LITRE performs as a guess
Wordle accepts LITRE 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 90.6% of games, misses completely in 9.4%, and leaves about 79 possible answers on average.
In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #806 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 guesses in games solved within six turns.
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Useful pattern pages
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First-turn measures
All four describe LITRE used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.
As an opening guess: previous benchmark
How LITRE 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.
Composition
Feedback chances
Feedback distribution
LITRE can come back 129 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:
Letter-value totals
Base letter-value totals for LITRE; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.
Scrabble
Words With Friends
Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.
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Strategy after playing LITRE
What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to LITRE.
Quick reference
Largest feedback groups after playing LITRE:
Research on LITRE
Game-tree analysis and word research for LITRE, with an explanation for each figure.
Optimal play
Opening with LITRE, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.59 guesses and ranks #85 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.
No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with LITRE can guarantee a solve within six guesses.
Our six-turn simulation says 3.59, at or below the proven-optimal 3.59, because the two figures score different answer lists.
These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.
Familiarity and learning
- Frequency
- LITRE sits in the intermediate band of the wordfreq scale, appearing about 3 times per million words of written English; the band marks it as a word most readers meet regularly.
- Learner level
- Appears in beginner learner vocabulary (CEFR-J level A2); among the first words English learners study.
- Age of acquisition
- Typically learned around age 9, by Glasgow Norms speaker ratings.
- Imageability
- Imageability score: 73 of 100. Raters found it easy to picture.
Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Word relations: Open English WordNet, 2025 edition (CC BY 4.0); Word frequency: wordfreq (data CC BY-SA 4.0); Learner levels: CEFR-J Wordlist ver 1.5, Tono Laboratory, TUFS; Glasgow Norms (CC BY 4.0).