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

LUCID

Yes, LUCID was the Wordle answer on April 20, 2024 (Wordle #1036).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈl(j)uːsɪd/

Adjective

Clear; easily understood.

Adjective

Mentally rational; sane.

Noun

A lucid dream.

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: April 20, 2024 (#1036).

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

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How LUCID performs as a guess

LUCID is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 75.4% of games, misses completely in 24.6%, and leaves about 223 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,279 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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__I_ L in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _U__D U in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE STOAE SIENT CRATE TORSE TRADE
Words starting with L Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.48 Entropy (bits)
223 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 51% of evaluated openers
1.46 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LUCID 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,279 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LUCID ranks #3,279 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
936
4 guesses
1,152
5 guesses
186
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
2 vowels
Common:
ILU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
23%
All gray
25%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
C I V I L
L U C I D

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LUCID in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

580
237
232
162
111
93
86
74
49
47
45
45
45
41
36
33
28
23
22
20
20
16
16
15
14
13
13
12
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LUCID:

25% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
STOAE
10% chance
Suggested:
SIENT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.6% →
TARSE 6.51 bits
10.1% →
STOAE 5.32 bits
9.8% →
SIENT 5.42 bits
6.9% →
CRATE 5.75 bits
4.7% →
TORSE 5.45 bits
3.9% →
TRADE 5.29 bits
3.6% →
MORSE 4.58 bits
3.1% →
AISLE 4.37 bits
2.1% →
TARSE 5.00 bits
2.0% →
CLEAN 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1U1C3I1D2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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