5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LUDIC

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈluː.dɪk/

Adjective

Playful.

Adjective

Of or pertaining to play or games.

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 LUDIC performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LUDIC 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 75.4% of games, misses completely in 24.6%, and leaves about 227 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,504 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___C L in the 1st position and C in the 5th position L__I_ L in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _U__C U in the 2nd position and C in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE STOAE SIENT CRATE TORSE ARENE
Words starting with L Words ending with C

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
227 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 45% of evaluated openers
1.56 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LUDIC 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
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,504 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LUDIC ranks #4,504 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
907
4 guesses
1,182
5 guesses
189
6 guesses
17
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
20%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

580
237
232
181
111
107
86
74
52
49
49
45
45
43
38
27
27
22
22
20
20
19
16
15
14
13
12
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LUDIC:

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
7.7% →
CRATE 5.77 bits
4.7% →
TORSE 5.45 bits
4.5% →
ARENE 5.36 bits
3.6% →
MORSE 4.58 bits
3.1% →
AISLE 4.37 bits
2.2% →
CLEAN 4.61 bits
2.1% →
PRICE 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1U1D2I1C3
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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