5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LAIDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.6% 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 LAIDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LAIDS 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 84.9% of games, misses completely in 15.1%, and leaves about 128 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,401 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___S L in the 1st position and S in the 5th position L__D_ L in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE PORTE CRATE RONTE CONTE COURE
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.00 Entropy (bits)
128 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 83% of evaluated openers
0.95 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LAIDS 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
#1,401 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LAIDS ranks #1,401 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
993
4 guesses
1,110
5 guesses
177
6 guesses
10
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)
85%
Green tile
30%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

356
188
169
139
137
129
111
105
83
77
54
43
41
39
38
38
35
34
33
29
26
25
24
24
20
19
15
15
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LAIDS:

15% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
8% chance
Suggested:
PORTE
7% chance
Suggested:
CRATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.1% →
TRONE 6.07 bits
8.0% →
PORTE 5.59 bits
7.2% →
CRATE 5.67 bits
5.9% →
RONTE 4.80 bits
5.8% →
CONTE 5.32 bits
5.5% →
COURE 5.00 bits
4.7% →
PLORE 4.56 bits
4.5% →
PEART 4.81 bits
3.5% →
TRONE 4.97 bits
3.3% →
DRONE 4.98 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1A1I1D2S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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