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

LURID

Yes, LURID was the Wordle answer on November 14, 2025 (Wordle #1609).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈl(j)ʊə.ɹɪd//ˈlɔːɹɪd//ˈlʊɹɪd/

Adjective

Pruriently detailed and sensationalistic about something shocking or horrifying, especially with regard to violence or sex.

“The accident was described with lurid detail.”

Adjective

Melodramatic.

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: November 14, 2025 (#1609).

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

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How LURID performs as a guess

LURID 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 83.8% of games, misses completely in 16.2%, and leaves about 159 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,933 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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___D L in the 1st position and D in the 5th position L__I_ L in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _U__D U in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

CASTE SLATE SIENT SPINE STONE SALLE
Words starting with L Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.82 Entropy (bits)
159 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 73% of evaluated openers
1.13 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LURID 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#2,933 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LURID ranks #2,933 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
974
4 guesses
1,094
5 guesses
206
6 guesses
17
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:
ILRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
27%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
G I R L Y
L U R I D

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LURID in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

383
287
243
176
98
92
87
71
64
58
51
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44
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36
34
24
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LURID:

16% chance
Suggested:
CASTE
12% chance
Suggested:
CASTE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.2% →
CASTE 6.09 bits
12.2% →
CASTE 5.39 bits
10.3% →
SLATE 5.38 bits
7.5% →
SIENT 5.41 bits
4.2% →
SPINE 4.44 bits
3.9% →
CASTE 4.97 bits
3.7% →
STONE 4.99 bits
3.0% →
SALLE 4.37 bits
2.7% →
SAMEY 3.92 bits
2.5% →
ANODE 4.73 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1U1R1I1D2
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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