5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LOONY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈluːni/

Adjective

Insane.

“loony scheme”

Adjective

Very silly, absurd.

Noun

An insane or very foolish person.

Alternative forms: loonie, luny, looney

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 LOONY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LOONY 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 71.2% of games, misses completely in 28.8%, and leaves about 280 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,824 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___Y L in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position L__N_ L in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

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TARSE RAISE TIARE PARSE CARSE CARET
Words starting with L Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.19 Entropy (bits)
280 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LOONY 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
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#8,824 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LOONY ranks #8,824 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
833
4 guesses
1,186
5 guesses
257
6 guesses
27

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
LNO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
42%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

680
303
170
168
97
92
89
84
58
41
40
37
31
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21
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LOONY:

29% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
13% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
7% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.8% →
TARSE 6.41 bits
12.8% →
RAISE 5.37 bits
7.2% →
TIARE 5.32 bits
7.1% →
PARSE 4.86 bits
4.1% →
CARSE 4.82 bits
3.9% →
CARET 5.15 bits
3.8% →
STARE 4.93 bits
3.6% →
TIARE 4.98 bits
2.5% →
SALUE 4.09 bits
1.7% →
SLATE 3.93 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1O1N1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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