5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LOOPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /luːps/

Noun

plural of loop

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of loop

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 LOOPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LOOPS 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 70.8% of games, misses completely in 29.2%, and leaves about 294 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,343 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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__P_ L in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE RAILE RANCE MANOR PRICE SALLE
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.05 Entropy (bits)
294 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 25% of evaluated openers
1.90 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LOOPS 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,343 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LOOPS ranks #9,343 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
781
4 guesses
1,255
5 guesses
249
6 guesses
18
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
2 vowels
Common:
LOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
27%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

688
280
275
127
113
95
78
67
66
52
47
44
40
37
28
25
21
19
16
15
14
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12
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8
7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LOOPS:

29% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
12% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.2% →
TIARE 6.30 bits
11.9% →
RAILE 5.43 bits
11.7% →
TIARE 5.68 bits
5.4% →
RANCE 4.80 bits
4.8% →
MANOR 5.29 bits
4.0% →
PRICE 5.32 bits
3.3% →
SALLE 4.56 bits
2.8% →
CRANE 4.82 bits
2.8% →
STARE 5.00 bits
2.2% →
TIARE 4.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1O1P3S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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