5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LACEY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Alternative spelling of lacy.

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 LACEY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LACEY 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 88.2% of games, misses completely in 11.8%, and leaves about 114 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,692 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.

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___Y L in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position L__E_ L in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SNORT NOIRE SENOR TRAIN BIOSE STARE
Words starting with L Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

5.13 Entropy (bits)
114 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LACEY 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
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#5,692 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LACEY ranks #5,692 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
82
3 guesses
856
4 guesses
1,172
5 guesses
219
6 guesses
25

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AEL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
39%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

116 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

278
240
152
150
122
122
97
93
92
69
65
62
56
50
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21
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LACEY:

12% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
10% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE
6% chance
Suggested:
SENOR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.8% →
SNORT 6.03 bits
10.2% →
NOIRE 5.26 bits
6.4% →
SENOR 4.37 bits
6.4% →
TRAIN 5.30 bits
5.2% →
BIOSE 3.82 bits
5.2% →
STARE 4.68 bits
4.1% →
TOUCH 4.99 bits
3.9% →
SPOIL 4.58 bits
3.9% →
ROAST 4.34 bits
2.9% →
STILE 4.39 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1A1C3E1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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