5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

LOUSY

Yes, LOUSY was the Wordle answer on August 17, 2025 (Wordle #1520).

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈlaʊ.zi/

Adjective

Unwanted and often unpleasant.

“I worked here all summer and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.”

Adjective

Unwell; under the weather.

“I caught a cold and I've been feeling lousy all week.”

Alternative forms: lowsy, lowsie, lousey

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: August 17, 2025 (#1520).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How LOUSY performs as a guess

LOUSY 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 79.3% of games, misses completely in 20.7%, and leaves about 173 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,543 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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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__S_ L in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRACE RAINE TRINE PARTE TRADE RANCE
Words starting with L Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.77 Entropy (bits)
173 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LOUSY 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
0.69 Volatility
#4,543 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LOUSY ranks #4,543 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
920
4 guesses
1,177
5 guesses
186
6 guesses
20

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
LOSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
37%
All gray
21%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S C O L D
L O U S Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LOUSY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

489
212
180
168
122
96
93
60
60
58
56
44
39
38
36
35
35
32
31
31
29
28
27
24
23
21
15
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LOUSY:

21% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
9% chance
Suggested:
RAINE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.7% →
TRACE 6.35 bits
9.0% →
RAINE 5.13 bits
7.6% →
TRINE 5.42 bits
7.1% →
PARTE 5.42 bits
5.2% →
TRADE 4.78 bits
4.1% →
RANCE 4.80 bits
3.9% →
DUNCE 4.92 bits
2.5% →
REACT 4.98 bits
2.5% →
STILE 4.67 bits
2.5% →
ALONE 4.17 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1U1S1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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