5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LUTER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

One who uses lute (the material).

Noun

A musician who plays a lute.

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 LUTER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LUTER 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 90.0% of games, misses completely in 10.0%, and leaves about 99 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,198 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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

SONIC ANISE CAIRN SLAIN SPADE SAINT
Words starting with L Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.33 Entropy (bits)
99 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 96% of evaluated openers
0.62 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LUTER 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#2,198 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LUTER ranks #2,198 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
87
3 guesses
939
4 guesses
1,116
5 guesses
193
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:
ELRTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
29%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

118 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

236
176
171
170
133
126
104
85
84
73
58
48
45
40
40
35
34
33
33
32
28
28
27
27
24
19
19
17
17
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LUTER:

10% chance
Suggested:
SONIC
7% chance
Suggested:
ANISE
7% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.0% →
SONIC 5.59 bits
7.5% →
ANISE 5.40 bits
7.3% →
CAIRN 5.16 bits
7.2% →
SLAIN 5.05 bits
5.6% →
SPADE 4.51 bits
5.3% →
SAINT 5.40 bits
4.4% →
AISLE 4.40 bits
3.6% →
SHAPE 4.80 bits
3.6% →
ROANY 3.11 bits
3.1% →
COAST 4.66 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1U1T1E1R1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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