5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LABIS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A spoon used in the Eucharist.

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 LABIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LABIS 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 83.2% of games, misses completely in 16.8%, and leaves about 151 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,374 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___S L in the 1st position and S in the 5th position L__I_ L in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONER TRONE PORTE TRACE COURE PLORE
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.81 Entropy (bits)
151 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 72% of evaluated openers
1.14 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LABIS 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,374 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LABIS ranks #3,374 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
947
4 guesses
1,143
5 guesses
195
6 guesses
12
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:
AILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
25%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

396
207
191
183
139
122
111
107
84
60
50
49
41
34
32
30
29
27
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25
20
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LABIS:

17% chance
Suggested:
TONER
9% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
8% chance
Suggested:
PORTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.8% →
TONER 6.04 bits
8.8% →
TRONE 5.40 bits
8.1% →
PORTE 5.54 bits
7.8% →
TRACE 5.67 bits
5.9% →
TONER 4.77 bits
5.2% →
COURE 5.02 bits
4.7% →
PLORE 4.54 bits
4.5% →
PEART 4.82 bits
3.6% →
TRINE 4.57 bits
2.5% →
RIFLE 4.25 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1A1B3I1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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