5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LUREX

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative letter-case form of Lurex.

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 LUREX performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LUREX 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 83.7% of games, misses completely in 16.3%, and leaves about 170 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,688 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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__E_ L in the 1st position and E in the 4th position

Try next

SAINT TRAIN COAST TRAPE SLADE SHUNT
Words starting with L Words ending with X

First-turn measures

4.50 Entropy (bits)
170 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LUREX 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#10,688 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LUREX ranks #10,688 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
778
4 guesses
1,204
5 guesses
288
6 guesses
32

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
29%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

385
263
220
210
150
129
124
86
77
68
60
43
43
40
39
39
38
24
24
22
22
21
15
14
14
13
11
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LUREX:

16% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
11% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
9% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.3% →
SAINT 6.01 bits
11.1% →
SAINT 5.53 bits
9.3% →
TRAIN 5.29 bits
8.9% →
COAST 5.10 bits
6.4% →
TRAPE 4.67 bits
5.5% →
SLADE 4.53 bits
5.3% →
SAINT 3.86 bits
3.6% →
SHUNT 4.82 bits
3.3% →
MUSTY 3.79 bits
2.9% →
SAINT 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1U1R1E1X8
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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