5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LUTEA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of luteum

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 LUTEA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LUTEA 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 91.5% of games, misses completely in 8.5%, and leaves about 96 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,723 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___A L in the 1st position and A in the 5th position L__E_ L in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _U__A U in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

CAIRN CRONY NOIRE SENOR SCARE SHORT
Words starting with L Words ending with A

First-turn measures

5.32 Entropy (bits)
96 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LUTEA 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#2,723 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LUTEA ranks #2,723 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
83
3 guesses
931
4 guesses
1,119
5 guesses
208
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AELTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
92%
Green tile
29%
All gray
8%

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

210
200
193
124
117
114
103
97
80
74
65
63
62
58
51
47
35
34
32
29
29
24
24
24
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LUTEA:

9% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN
8% chance
Suggested:
CRONY
8% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

8.9% →
CAIRN 5.29 bits
8.5% →
CRONY 5.64 bits
8.2% →
NOIRE 5.33 bits
5.3% →
SENOR 4.28 bits
5.0% →
SCARE 4.56 bits
4.8% →
SHORT 5.26 bits
4.4% →
SNAIL 4.35 bits
4.1% →
SCOLD 4.45 bits
3.4% →
TRAIT 4.57 bits
3.1% →
SHIRE 4.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1U1T1E1A1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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