5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LUPIN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈluːpɪn/

Noun

Any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae.

Noun

A lupin bean, a yellow legume seed of a Lupinus plant (usually Lupinus luteus), used as feed for sheep and cattle and commonly eaten in the Mediterranean area and in Latin America although toxic if prepared improperly.

Alternative forms: lupine, lupini

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 LUPIN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LUPIN 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 75.9% of games, misses completely in 24.1%, and leaves about 210 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,595 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.

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___N L in the 1st position and N in the 5th position L__I_ L in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _U__N U in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

CRATE REAST STIRE ROATE TARSE TORSE
Words starting with L Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.58 Entropy (bits)
210 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 57% of evaluated openers
1.37 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LUPIN 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
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,595 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LUPIN ranks #2,595 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
988
4 guesses
1,100
5 guesses
198
6 guesses
13
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:
ILNU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
24%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

568
237
184
137
104
104
87
85
79
57
56
45
44
42
36
35
32
21
21
21
19
18
17
15
15
14
13
13
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LUPIN:

24% chance
Suggested:
CRATE
10% chance
Suggested:
REAST
8% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.1% →
CRATE 6.39 bits
10.1% →
REAST 5.29 bits
7.8% →
STIRE 5.43 bits
5.8% →
ROATE 5.41 bits
4.4% →
TARSE 5.75 bits
4.4% →
TORSE 5.48 bits
3.7% →
GRISE 4.38 bits
3.6% →
MORSE 4.59 bits
3.4% →
SALLE 4.45 bits
2.4% →
SAWER 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1U1P3I1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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