5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LUSER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈluː.zə(ɹ)/

Noun

An incompetent computer user.

Noun

A user (especially in IRC) who disobeys the rules of the servers that they are using and usually resorts to disruptive or offensive behavior.

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 LUSER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LUSER 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 89.1% of games, misses completely in 10.9%, and leaves about 103 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,059 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___R L in the 1st position and R in the 5th position L__E_ L in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _U__R U in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

TONIC TRAIN DIANE FLAIL COATE STAIN
Words starting with L Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.25 Entropy (bits)
103 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 93% of evaluated openers
0.70 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LUSER 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
#3,059 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LUSER ranks #3,059 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
82
3 guesses
908
4 guesses
1,154
5 guesses
195
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:
ELRSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
28%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

257
187
171
145
143
113
104
90
85
62
58
57
53
49
39
37
36
35
33
29
28
28
28
25
25
23
20
19
17
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LUSER:

11% chance
Suggested:
TONIC
8% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
7% chance
Suggested:
DIANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.9% →
TONIC 5.77 bits
7.9% →
TRAIN 5.22 bits
7.3% →
DIANE 5.34 bits
6.1% →
FLAIL 4.81 bits
6.1% →
COATE 4.71 bits
4.8% →
STAIN 5.01 bits
4.4% →
BLADE 4.47 bits
3.8% →
WAITE 3.19 bits
3.6% →
STANE 4.55 bits
2.6% →
STALL 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1U1S1E1R1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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