5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

LOOSE

LOOSE is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /luːs//ˈlʉs/

Verb

To let loose, to free from restraints.

Verb

To unfasten, to loosen.

Adjective

Not fixed in place tightly or firmly.

“This wheelbarrow has a loose wheel.”

Adjective

Not held or packaged together.

“You can buy apples in a pack, but they are cheaper loose.”

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 LOOSE performs as a guess

LOOSE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 84.7% of games, misses completely in 15.3%, and leaves about 146 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,028 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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__S_ L in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN DETER FLAIL REACT STAIR RENAL
Words starting with L Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.84 Entropy (bits)
146 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LOOSE 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#8,028 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LOOSE ranks #8,028 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
808
4 guesses
1,207
5 guesses
249
6 guesses
20

Composition

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
ELOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
42%
All gray
15%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L U M P
L O O S E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LOOSE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

361
289
164
158
141
108
91
88
73
58
56
54
52
49
34
33
31
31
29
28
27
27
21
16
16
16
16
15
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LOOSE:

15% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
12% chance
Suggested:
DETER
7% chance
Suggested:
FLAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.3% →
TRAIN 5.96 bits
12.3% →
DETER 5.42 bits
7.0% →
FLAIL 4.88 bits
6.7% →
REACT 4.58 bits
6.0% →
STAIR 5.02 bits
4.6% →
RENAL 4.53 bits
3.9% →
RAINY 4.16 bits
3.7% →
MANOR 5.18 bits
3.1% →
STEER 4.71 bits
2.5% →
BAILE 3.89 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1O1S1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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