5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LONGS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of long

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of long

Noun

Long trousers/pants, as opposed to shorts.

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 LONGS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LONGS 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 79.3% of games, misses completely in 20.7%, and leaves about 189 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,134 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___S L in the 1st position and S in the 5th position L__G_ L in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRACE STARE RAILE TRADE TIARE REACT
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.62 Entropy (bits)
189 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 60% of evaluated openers
1.33 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LONGS 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#2,134 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LONGS ranks #2,134 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
980
4 guesses
1,140
5 guesses
167
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
1 vowels
Common:
LNOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
23%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

488
256
249
138
122
99
85
64
60
54
54
47
44
37
36
35
33
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25
23
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LONGS:

21% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
11% chance
Suggested:
STARE
11% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.7% →
TRACE 6.43 bits
10.9% →
STARE 5.74 bits
10.6% →
RAILE 5.45 bits
5.9% →
TRADE 5.31 bits
5.2% →
TIARE 5.48 bits
4.2% →
REACT 4.73 bits
3.6% →
SALLE 4.72 bits
2.7% →
TRADE 5.16 bits
2.5% →
CADIE 4.62 bits
2.3% →
STANE 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1N1G2S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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