Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

LUXER

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

No dictionary definition for LUXER is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Related meanings

Synonyms deluxe elegant

Use LUXER in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How LUXER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LUXER 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 83.7% of games, misses completely in 16.3%, and leaves about 177 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #11,220 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe LUXER used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.46 Entropy (bits)
177 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How LUXER 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.92% Solved within six
0.73 Spread of game lengths
#11,220 Rank among openers
Opening with LUXER left 2 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.73 means those games clustered within about 0.73 of a guess of the 3.79 average. It ranks #11,220 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
760
4 guesses
1,219
5 guesses
293
6 guesses
33

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
27%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

LUXER can come back 76 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

389 answers
267 answers
247 answers
211 answers
177 answers
129 answers
105 answers
88 answers
78 answers
70 answers
46 answers
45 answers
44 answers
39 answers
38 answers
37 answers
34 answers
24 answers
24 answers
22 answers
22 answers
20 answers
18 answers
16 answers
12 answers
11 answers
10 answers
10 answers
8 answers
8 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1U1X8E1R1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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

Strategy after playing LUXER

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to LUXER.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LUXER:

16% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
11% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
10% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.3% →
SAINT 6.02 bits
11.2% →
SAINT 5.51 bits
10.4% →
COAST 5.52 bits
8.9% →
COAST 5.10 bits
7.4% →
ORATE 4.58 bits
5.4% →
SLADE 4.53 bits
4.4% →
COAST 3.52 bits
3.7% →
SNOUT 4.85 bits
3.3% →
MUSTY 3.80 bits
2.9% →
SAINT 4.48 bits

Research on LUXER

Game-tree analysis and word research for LUXER, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with LUXER, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.79 guesses and ranks #10,227 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with LUXER can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.79, at or below the proven-optimal 3.79, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Word relations: Open English WordNet, 2025 edition (CC BY 4.0).