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

UNLEG

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

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

Meaning and pronunciation

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

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Use UNLEG 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 UNLEG performs as a guess

Wordle accepts UNLEG 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 81.7% of games, misses completely in 18.3%, and leaves about 175 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #5,744 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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 UNLEG 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.

4.66 Entropy (bits)
175 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How UNLEG 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.92% Solved within six
0.69 Spread of game lengths
#5,744 Rank among openers
Opening with UNLEG left 2 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.69 means those games clustered within about 0.69 of a guess of the 3.68 average. It ranks #5,744 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
845
4 guesses
1,231
5 guesses
192
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELNU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
23%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

UNLEG can come back 94 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

436 answers
314 answers
166 answers
142 answers
137 answers
136 answers
113 answers
69 answers
57 answers
56 answers
52 answers
50 answers
50 answers
46 answers
45 answers
40 answers
31 answers
26 answers
25 answers
25 answers
22 answers
19 answers
19 answers
18 answers
18 answers
16 answers
16 answers
14 answers
14 answers
14 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1N1L1E1G2
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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

Strategy after playing UNLEG

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

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing UNLEG:

18% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
13% chance
Suggested:
CRATE
7% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.3% →
ROAST 6.13 bits
13.2% →
CRATE 5.75 bits
7.0% →
COAST 5.25 bits
6.0% →
STAIR 4.49 bits
5.7% →
CAIRN 5.27 bits
5.7% →
CRUST 5.08 bits
4.7% →
SLATE 4.93 bits
2.9% →
ARISE 4.48 bits
2.4% →
SLART 4.09 bits
2.3% →
SAUTE 4.62 bits

Research on UNLEG

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

Optimal play

Opening with UNLEG, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.71 guesses and ranks #5,448 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 3.84 guesses at best and is rank #2,515 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.68, at or below the proven-optimal 3.71, 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).