5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LOUPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of loup

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 LOUPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LOUPS 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 77.0% of games, misses completely in 23.0%, and leaves about 200 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,801 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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 CRANE RANCE CARNE THALE
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.59 Entropy (bits)
200 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LOUPS 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#2,801 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LOUPS ranks #2,801 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
952
4 guesses
1,165
5 guesses
168
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
LOSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
24%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

542
218
200
165
124
110
74
68
59
56
54
45
42
39
38
36
36
31
30
28
26
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26
18
14
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12
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LOUPS:

23% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
9% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
8% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.0% →
TIARE 6.21 bits
9.2% →
RAILE 5.30 bits
8.5% →
TIARE 5.67 bits
7.0% →
CRANE 5.48 bits
5.3% →
RANCE 4.69 bits
4.7% →
RANCE 4.93 bits
3.1% →
CARNE 5.36 bits
2.9% →
THALE 4.74 bits
2.5% →
ALONE 4.22 bits
2.4% →
TRONE 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1U1P3S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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