5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

LADDU

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈlɐɖ.ɖuː//ˈlʌd.uː//ˈlæd.u/

Noun

A ball-shaped sweet made with flour and sugar, popular in the Indian subcontinent.

Alternative forms: laddoo, ladoo, luddoo, ludoo

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 LADDU performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LADDU 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 73.1% of games, misses completely in 26.9%, and leaves about 284 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,358 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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__D_ L in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _A__U A in the 2nd position and U in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE TRACE SNORE TOISE RONTE SLATE
Words starting with L Words ending with U

First-turn measures

3.88 Entropy (bits)
284 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 17% of evaluated openers
2.07 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LADDU 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,358 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LADDU ranks #12,358 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
716
4 guesses
1,250
5 guesses
331
6 guesses
19
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
21%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

62 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

634
297
242
192
185
161
88
70
49
48
35
31
29
28
21
20
20
17
16
14
14
12
12
8
8
8
7
7
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LADDU:

27% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
13% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
10% chance
Suggested:
SNORE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.9% →
TRONE 6.20 bits
12.6% →
TRACE 5.64 bits
10.3% →
SNORE 5.27 bits
8.1% →
TOISE 5.03 bits
7.8% →
RONTE 4.88 bits
6.8% →
SLATE 4.53 bits
3.7% →
TRIED 5.44 bits
3.0% →
SLICE 3.92 bits
2.1% →
STRAE 3.93 bits
2.0% →
DRONE 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1A1D2D2U1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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