5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

LUSKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of lusk

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 LUSKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LUSKS 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 62.4% of games, misses completely in 37.6%, and leaves about 430 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,053 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 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__K_ L in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE RAILE TRONE MORNE STALE CATER
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.51 Entropy (bits)
430 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 7% of evaluated openers
2.44 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LUSKS 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#13,053 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LUSKS ranks #13,053 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
690
4 guesses
1,241
5 guesses
348
6 guesses
31
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
1 vowels
Common:
LSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
62%
Green tile
17%
All gray
38%

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

886
330
265
127
98
81
62
58
54
48
38
35
29
26
21
19
13
11
11
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5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LUSKS:

38% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
14% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
11% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

37.6% →
TIARE 6.20 bits
14.0% →
RAILE 5.36 bits
11.2% →
TIARE 5.68 bits
5.4% →
TRONE 5.44 bits
4.2% →
MORNE 4.27 bits
3.4% →
STALE 4.81 bits
2.6% →
TIARE 4.79 bits
2.5% →
CATER 4.95 bits
2.3% →
CARET 4.39 bits
2.0% →
FLUTE 4.39 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1U1S1K5S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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