5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LAIRS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of lair

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 LAIRS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LAIRS 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 91.0% of games, misses completely in 9.0%, and leaves about 90 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,196 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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__R_ L in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CONTE SPENT BOULE CLOTE TONEY CRANE
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.38 Entropy (bits)
90 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 97% of evaluated openers
0.57 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LAIRS 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,196 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LAIRS ranks #1,196 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
1,015
4 guesses
1,070
5 guesses
183
6 guesses
17
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:
AILRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
91%
Green tile
34%
All gray
9%

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

214
212
128
126
123
99
97
95
90
77
56
55
53
50
48
45
40
38
36
34
32
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22
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LAIRS:

9% chance
Suggested:
CONTE
9% chance
Suggested:
CONTE
5% chance
Suggested:
SPENT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.1% →
CONTE 5.29 bits
9.0% →
CONTE 5.70 bits
5.4% →
SPENT 5.30 bits
5.3% →
BOULE 4.89 bits
5.2% →
CONTE 5.26 bits
4.2% →
CLOTE 4.53 bits
4.1% →
TONEY 4.62 bits
4.0% →
CONTE 5.11 bits
3.8% →
CRANE 4.30 bits
3.3% →
SHUTE 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1A1I1R1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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