5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LONGA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Preposition

Belonging to; of, in, at, to.

Noun

A musical note equal to two (or occasionally three) breves or whole notes.

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 LONGA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LONGA 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 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 169 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,320 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___A L in the 1st position and A in the 5th position L__G_ L in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _O__A O in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

STIRE TARSE SLIER STARE TRICE RUOTE
Words starting with L Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.77 Entropy (bits)
169 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 70% of evaluated openers
1.17 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LONGA 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,320 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LONGA ranks #3,320 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
943
4 guesses
1,147
5 guesses
191
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:
ALNO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
24%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

402
335
173
156
146
115
99
71
50
49
49
42
41
35
32
27
24
24
22
21
19
19
19
17
17
17
15
15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LONGA:

17% chance
Suggested:
STIRE
14% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
STIRE 6.11 bits
14.2% →
TARSE 5.69 bits
7.3% →
SLIER 5.11 bits
6.6% →
STARE 4.63 bits
6.2% →
TRICE 5.26 bits
4.9% →
RUOTE 4.48 bits
4.2% →
STIRE 5.28 bits
3.0% →
TRAIN 4.55 bits
2.1% →
SPICE 4.32 bits
2.1% →
ACTOR 4.22 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1N1G2A1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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