5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LOUIE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of looey.

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 LOUIE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LOUIE 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 92.2% of games, misses completely in 7.8%, and leaves about 93 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,538 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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

RESET CRYPT SHART ARSON PETAL STALL
Words starting with L Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.32 Entropy (bits)
93 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 95% of evaluated openers
0.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LOUIE 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#3,538 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LOUIE ranks #3,538 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
74
3 guesses
944
4 guesses
1,100
5 guesses
214
6 guesses
22
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
4 vowels
Common:
EILOU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
92%
Green tile
41%
All gray
8%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

245
183
155
129
111
96
91
83
82
71
65
65
53
52
52
52
42
40
38
38
34
32
31
29
29
27
23
22
22
19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LOUIE:

10% chance
Suggested:
RESET
8% chance
Suggested:
CRYPT
7% chance
Suggested:
SHART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.4% →
RESET 5.43 bits
7.8% →
CRYPT 5.31 bits
6.6% →
SHART 5.17 bits
5.5% →
ARSON 5.20 bits
4.7% →
SHART 4.90 bits
4.1% →
PETAL 4.53 bits
3.9% →
SHART 4.46 bits
3.5% →
SHART 4.36 bits
3.5% →
STALL 4.67 bits
3.0% →
DINER 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1U1I1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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