5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LAKER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈleɪkə(ɹ)/

Noun

A wharfman who resides near a lake.

Noun

A ship used on the Great Lakes.

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 LAKER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LAKER 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 87.4% of games, misses completely in 12.6%, and leaves about 109 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,820 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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__E_ L in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position LA_ER L in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and R in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST SEINE GROUT TOISE SOULY NASTY
Words starting with L Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.13 Entropy (bits)
109 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LAKER 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,820 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LAKER ranks #5,820 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
868
4 guesses
1,180
5 guesses
224
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AELR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
30%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

297
191
151
133
120
104
97
88
87
84
82
80
59
56
51
39
35
34
33
33
29
25
23
22
22
21
19
19
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LAKER:

13% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
8% chance
Suggested:
SEINE
6% chance
Suggested:
GROUT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.6% →
HOIST 5.84 bits
8.1% →
SEINE 5.55 bits
6.4% →
GROUT 5.11 bits
5.6% →
TOISE 4.55 bits
5.1% →
SOULY 4.54 bits
4.4% →
NASTY 4.04 bits
4.1% →
STAIN 5.15 bits
3.7% →
TOISE 3.33 bits
3.7% →
COAST 4.36 bits
3.6% →
PLAIT 4.27 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1A1K5E1R1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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