5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LAICH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 LAICH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LAICH 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 81.3% of games, misses completely in 18.7%, and leaves about 152 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,303 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___H L in the 1st position and H in the 5th position L__C_ L in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _A__H A in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

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SORED STORE RONTE SOBER TONEY ALERT
Words starting with L Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.96 Entropy (bits)
152 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LAICH 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,303 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LAICH ranks #1,303 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
1,007
4 guesses
1,107
5 guesses
170
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
34%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

440
218
152
144
130
123
111
73
68
46
45
44
37
35
33
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LAICH:

19% chance
Suggested:
SORED
9% chance
Suggested:
STORE
6% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.7% →
SORED 6.08 bits
9.2% →
STORE 5.56 bits
6.4% →
RONTE 5.26 bits
6.1% →
SOBER 4.81 bits
5.5% →
TONEY 4.72 bits
5.2% →
ALERT 4.54 bits
4.7% →
TRONE 5.14 bits
3.1% →
TORSE 5.52 bits
2.9% →
ROUSE 5.13 bits
1.9% →
STOLE 4.02 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1A1I1C3H4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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