5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LAHAR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈlɑhɑɹ/

Noun

A volcanic mudflow.

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 LAHAR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LAHAR 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 80.9% of games, misses completely in 19.1%, and leaves about 187 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,975 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.

L___R L in the 1st position and R in the 5th position L__A_ L in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

NOISE TOISE TOILE SUITE STONE SIENT
Words starting with L Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.48 Entropy (bits)
187 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 50% of evaluated openers
1.47 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LAHAR 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
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#9,975 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LAHAR ranks #9,975 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
803
4 guesses
1,196
5 guesses
279
6 guesses
28
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:
ALR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
29%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

451
292
228
151
123
116
106
104
97
53
43
41
39
35
33
33
33
33
27
26
20
19
16
14
13
13
13
10
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LAHAR:

19% chance
Suggested:
NOISE
12% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.1% →
NOISE 6.03 bits
12.4% →
TOISE 5.50 bits
9.7% →
TOILE 5.12 bits
6.4% →
SUITE 5.36 bits
5.2% →
STONE 5.38 bits
4.9% →
SIENT 4.65 bits
4.5% →
TOISE 3.93 bits
4.4% →
TRACE 4.54 bits
4.1% →
PLANE 4.46 bits
2.2% →
TORSE 4.98 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1A1H4A1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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