5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LUSTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of lust

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 LUSTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LUSTS 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 71.6% of games, misses completely in 28.4%, and leaves about 285 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,430 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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__T_ L in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAINE TIARE PAIRE ARISE MORNE GRONE
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.05 Entropy (bits)
285 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 25% of evaluated openers
1.90 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LUSTS 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,430 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LUSTS ranks #9,430 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
799
4 guesses
1,222
5 guesses
270
6 guesses
15
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:
LSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
20%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

669
298
228
193
106
79
78
68
65
56
53
43
39
38
24
21
20
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15
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LUSTS:

28% chance
Suggested:
RAINE
13% chance
Suggested:
RAINE
10% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.4% →
RAINE 6.13 bits
12.6% →
RAINE 5.30 bits
9.7% →
TIARE 5.55 bits
8.2% →
PAIRE 5.53 bits
4.5% →
ARISE 4.97 bits
3.4% →
MORNE 4.10 bits
3.3% →
GRONE 5.09 bits
2.9% →
IRADE 4.48 bits
2.8% →
HAOLE 4.45 bits
2.4% →
FETAL 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1U1S1T1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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