5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

LONER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈlΙ™ΚŠ.nΙ™//ˈloʊ.nΙ™ΙΉ/

Noun

One who is alone, lacking or avoiding the company of others.

β€œI actually enjoy being a loner.”

Source: Wiktionary contributors Β· 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 LONER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LONER 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 90.4% of games, misses completely in 9.6%, and leaves about 91 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,507 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 β†’ yellow β†’ 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 _O__R O in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

PATSY TEASE SHART SAUCY CRATE STALE
Words starting with L Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.44 Entropy (bits)
91 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LONER 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
#1,507 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LONER ranks #1,507 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
80
3 guesses
964
4 guesses
1,121
5 guesses
172
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELNOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
32%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

118 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

226
185
155
152
141
116
82
75
71
67
55
51
44
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37
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LONER:

10% chance
Suggested:
PATSY
8% chance
Suggested:
TEASE
7% chance
Suggested:
SHART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.6% β†’
PATSY 5.50 bits
7.8% β†’
TEASE 5.52 bits
6.6% β†’
SHART 5.24 bits
6.4% β†’
SAUCY 5.04 bits
6.0% β†’
CRATE 4.89 bits
4.9% β†’
STALE 4.68 bits
3.5% β†’
SAINT 5.25 bits
3.2% β†’
SAINT 3.35 bits
3.0% β†’
SOOTH 3.94 bits
2.8% β†’
SHOOT 4.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1N1E1R1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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