5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LONGE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /lʌnd͡ʒ/

Verb

To work (a horse) in a circle at the end of a long line or rope.

Noun

A long rope or flat web line, more commonly referred to as a longe line, approximately 20-30 feet long, attached to the bridle, longeing cavesson, or halter of a horse and used to control the animal while longeing.

Noun

The training ground for a horse.

Alternative forms: lunge, longæ, longas

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 LONGE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LONGE 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 85.3% of games, misses completely in 14.7%, and leaves about 133 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,748 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___E L in the 1st position and E in the 5th position L__G_ L in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SHART STAIR STALL ACTOR SERAL SAINT
Words starting with L Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.08 Entropy (bits)
133 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 87% of evaluated openers
0.87 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LONGE 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
#1,748 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LONGE ranks #1,748 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
79
3 guesses
948
4 guesses
1,141
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:
ELNO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
36%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

115 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

347
264
175
150
131
106
91
87
61
57
47
41
41
40
40
30
30
28
28
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LONGE:

15% chance
Suggested:
SHART
11% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
7% chance
Suggested:
STALL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.7% →
SHART 6.04 bits
11.2% →
STAIR 5.31 bits
7.4% →
STALL 5.11 bits
6.4% →
STAIR 5.12 bits
5.6% →
ACTOR 5.00 bits
4.5% →
SERAL 4.38 bits
3.9% →
SHART 4.67 bits
3.7% →
SAINT 5.24 bits
2.6% →
SNEER 4.75 bits
2.4% →
SAULT 4.22 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1N1G2E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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