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

LUNGE

Yes, LUNGE was the Wordle answer on January 5, 2024 (Wordle #930).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /lʌnd͡ʒ//lɐnd͡ʒ/

Noun

A sudden forward movement, especially with a sword.

Noun

A long rope or flat web line, more commonly referred to as a lunge line, approximately 20–30 feet long, attached to the bridle, lungeing cavesson, or halter of a horse and used to control the animal while lungeing.

Verb

To (cause to) make a sudden forward movement (present participle: lunging).

“I lunged at the police officer and made a grab for her gun.”

Verb

To longe or work a horse in a circle around a handler (present participle: lunging or lungeing).

Alternative forms: longe

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: January 5, 2024 (#930).

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

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How LUNGE performs as a guess

LUNGE 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 81.6% of games, misses completely in 18.4%, and leaves about 166 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,690 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

L___E L in the 1st position and E in the 5th position L__G_ L in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _U__E U in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST STAIR COAST PETAL TRAIN SATER
Words starting with L Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.84 Entropy (bits)
166 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 74% of evaluated openers
1.10 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LUNGE 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,690 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LUNGE ranks #2,690 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
926
4 guesses
1,154
5 guesses
182
6 guesses
14
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:
ELNU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
32%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N G
L U N G E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LUNGE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

433
286
192
165
112
105
71
69
67
57
44
43
39
37
37
37
31
28
23
22
22
22
21
19
17
16
16
15
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LUNGE:

18% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
12% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
8% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.4% →
ROAST 6.12 bits
12.1% →
STAIR 5.21 bits
8.1% →
COAST 5.20 bits
7.0% →
ROAST 5.21 bits
4.7% →
PETAL 4.55 bits
4.5% →
TRAIN 5.29 bits
3.0% →
SATER 4.47 bits
2.9% →
SCOUT 5.22 bits
2.8% →
STARY 3.99 bits
2.4% →
SHALT 4.09 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1U1N1G2E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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