5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LORDY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Interjection

Alternative letter-case form of Lordy.

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 LORDY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LORDY 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 82.1% of games, misses completely in 17.9%, and leaves about 173 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,224 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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__D_ L in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

STANE TEASE SAICE SIENT SAINT TRACE
Words starting with L Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.73 Entropy (bits)
173 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.22 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LORDY 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,224 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LORDY ranks #4,224 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
930
4 guesses
1,146
5 guesses
205
6 guesses
16
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:
LOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
33%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

421
289
263
124
118
103
79
71
70
64
62
51
41
38
31
31
26
24
24
22
22
22
21
18
18
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14
12
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LORDY:

18% chance
Suggested:
STANE
12% chance
Suggested:
TEASE
11% chance
Suggested:
SAICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.9% →
STANE 6.32 bits
12.3% →
TEASE 5.47 bits
11.2% →
SAICE 5.49 bits
5.3% →
SIENT 5.27 bits
5.0% →
SAINT 4.81 bits
4.4% →
TRACE 4.34 bits
3.4% →
SINCE 4.58 bits
3.0% →
AUDIT 5.02 bits
3.0% →
SAUCE 5.02 bits
2.7% →
DRIED 4.72 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1R1D2Y4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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