5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LOOIE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Lieutenant.

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 LOOIE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LOOIE 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 86.5% of games, misses completely in 13.5%, and leaves about 136 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,931 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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__I_ L in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SMART RESET SHIRT REAST SAUNT SERAL
Words starting with L Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.82 Entropy (bits)
136 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 73% of evaluated openers
1.12 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LOOIE 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#8,931 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LOOIE ranks #8,931 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
827
4 guesses
1,173
5 guesses
274
6 guesses
24
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

4/5 unique
4 vowels
Common:
EILO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
44%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

319
285
170
160
135
105
94
75
74
73
71
67
61
51
48
39
36
36
32
30
25
25
22
20
20
20
17
16
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LOOIE:

14% chance
Suggested:
SMART
12% chance
Suggested:
RESET
7% chance
Suggested:
SHIRT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.5% →
SMART 5.75 bits
12.1% →
RESET 5.47 bits
7.2% →
SHIRT 5.17 bits
6.8% →
REAST 4.86 bits
5.7% →
SAUNT 4.82 bits
4.5% →
SERAL 4.40 bits
4.0% →
STARY 4.57 bits
3.2% →
SAINT 4.22 bits
3.1% →
SAUNT 4.43 bits
3.1% →
DINER 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1O1I1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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