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

LAARF

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

No dictionary definition for LAARF 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 LAARF in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 90.1% 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 LAARF performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LAARF 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 76.5% of games, misses completely in 23.5%, and leaves about 236 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #9,870 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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.

First-turn measures

All four describe LAARF 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.

4.31 Entropy (bits)
236 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.1% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How LAARF 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.87% Solved within six
0.71 Spread of game lengths
#9,870 Rank among openers
Opening with LAARF left 3 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.71 means those games clustered within about 0.71 of a guess of the 3.76 average. It ranks #9,870 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
797
4 guesses
1,203
5 guesses
288
6 guesses
17

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
34%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

LAARF can come back 78 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

560 answers
354 answers
232 answers
130 answers
99 answers
91 answers
74 answers
65 answers
65 answers
60 answers
59 answers
57 answers
42 answers
39 answers
38 answers
38 answers
33 answers
31 answers
29 answers
17 answers
14 answers
14 answers
13 answers
12 answers
12 answers
11 answers
11 answers
10 answers
10 answers
8 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1A1A1R1F4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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

Strategy after playing LAARF

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

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LAARF:

23% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
15% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
10% chance
Suggested:
NOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.5% →
TOISE 6.11 bits
14.8% →
TOISE 5.48 bits
9.7% →
NOISE 5.12 bits
5.5% →
CONTE 4.78 bits
4.2% →
SIENT 5.25 bits
3.8% →
SHITE 4.97 bits
3.1% →
POTAE 4.47 bits
2.7% →
SHOTE 4.82 bits
2.7% →
PORTE 4.12 bits
2.5% →
CEDAR 4.30 bits

Research on LAARF

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

Optimal play

Opening with LAARF, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.80 guesses and ranks #10,508 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 3.92 guesses at best and is rank #4,753 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.76, at or below the proven-optimal 3.80, 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).