5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LODEN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈləʊdən/

Noun

A thick waterproof cloth used for garments.

Noun

A dark green colour, like that of loden cloth.

Adjective

Of a dark green colour, like that of loden cloth.

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 LODEN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LODEN 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 86.0% of games, misses completely in 14.0%, and leaves about 127 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,338 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___N L in the 1st position and N in the 5th position L__E_ L in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__N O in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SHART STARE STALL SAINT STAIR STALE
Words starting with L Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.13 Entropy (bits)
127 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 89% of evaluated openers
0.81 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LODEN 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
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,338 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LODEN ranks #1,338 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
77
3 guesses
968
4 guesses
1,127
5 guesses
165
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:
ELNO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
31%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

117 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

329
273
165
121
121
111
106
85
68
53
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48
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38
31
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LODEN:

14% chance
Suggested:
SHART
12% chance
Suggested:
STARE
7% chance
Suggested:
STALL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.0% →
SHART 6.10 bits
11.6% →
STARE 5.69 bits
7.0% →
STALL 5.09 bits
5.1% →
SAINT 5.31 bits
5.1% →
STAIR 4.91 bits
4.7% →
STALE 4.70 bits
4.5% →
STAIR 4.51 bits
3.6% →
SHART 4.56 bits
2.9% →
SEINE 4.70 bits
2.2% →
DEARE 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1D2E1N1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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