5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet F tier opener

LUPUS

LUPUS is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 83.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈluːpəs//ˈlupəs//ˈlʉːpəs/

Noun

Any of a number of autoimmune diseases, the most common of which is systemic lupus erythematosus.

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

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 LUPUS performs as a guess

LUPUS 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 64.8% of games, misses completely in 35.2%, and leaves about 392 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,930 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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___S L in the 1st position and S in the 5th position L__U_ L in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE TIARE PRONE RONTE THALE TRONE
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.63 Entropy (bits)
392 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
83.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 10% of evaluated openers
2.32 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LUPUS 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,930 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LUPUS ranks #11,930 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
724
4 guesses
1,250
5 guesses
315
6 guesses
21
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
LSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
18%
All gray
35%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
L U P U S

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LUPUS in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

64 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

831
316
287
108
91
80
79
75
59
41
35
34
32
29
26
26
17
16
14
14
12
12
11
8
8
7
7
7
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LUPUS:

35% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
13% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
12% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.2% →
ROATE 6.10 bits
13.4% →
ROATE 5.19 bits
12.2% →
TIARE 5.79 bits
4.6% →
PRONE 5.39 bits
3.9% →
RONTE 4.43 bits
3.4% →
THALE 4.78 bits
3.4% →
TRONE 5.14 bits
3.2% →
ROATE 4.83 bits
2.5% →
TIARE 4.83 bits
1.7% →
STANE 4.17 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1U1P3U1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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