5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LOVED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /lʌvd/

Verb

simple past and past participle of love

Adjective

Being the object of love.

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 LOVED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LOVED 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 80.6% of games, misses completely in 19.4%, and leaves about 190 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,454 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___D L in the 1st position and D in the 5th position L__E_ L in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__D O in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position LO_ED L in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and D in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT STARE ARSON STAIR TEASE SHART
Words starting with L Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.60 Entropy (bits)
190 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 58% of evaluated openers
1.35 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LOVED 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,454 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LOVED ranks #6,454 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
844
4 guesses
1,203
5 guesses
230
6 guesses
11
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
2 vowels
Common:
ELO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
30%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

458
323
193
171
132
117
110
65
59
58
52
42
29
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24
24
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LOVED:

19% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
14% chance
Suggested:
STARE
8% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.4% →
SAINT 6.18 bits
13.7% →
STARE 5.62 bits
8.2% →
SAINT 5.13 bits
7.3% →
ARSON 5.23 bits
5.6% →
STAIR 4.67 bits
5.0% →
TEASE 4.60 bits
4.7% →
SHART 4.54 bits
2.8% →
GEARE 4.55 bits
2.5% →
DRAIN 4.65 bits
2.5% →
SNORE 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1V4E1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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