5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LUGER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈluːʒ.ə(ɹ)/

Noun

Someone who competes in the luge.

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 LUGER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LUGER 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 85.9% of games, misses completely in 14.1%, and leaves about 139 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,438 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___R L in the 1st position and R in the 5th position L__E_ L in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _U__R U in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SATIN SAINT COAST ORATE STALE MUNCH
Words starting with L Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.95 Entropy (bits)
139 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LUGER 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
0.71 Volatility
#4,438 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LUGER ranks #4,438 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
916
4 guesses
1,136
5 guesses
217
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
28%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

109 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

332
232
219
190
158
120
94
75
68
63
42
42
38
37
33
32
31
30
30
25
21
21
20
19
19
18
17
15
15
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LUGER:

14% chance
Suggested:
SATIN
10% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
9% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.1% →
SATIN 5.95 bits
9.8% →
SAINT 5.53 bits
9.3% →
COAST 5.60 bits
8.1% →
COAST 5.15 bits
6.7% →
ORATE 4.66 bits
5.1% →
STALE 4.62 bits
4.0% →
COAST 3.52 bits
3.2% →
COAST 4.88 bits
2.9% →
SAINT 4.50 bits
2.7% →
MUNCH 3.97 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1U1G2E1R1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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