5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LAKES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /leɪks/

Noun

plural of lake

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of lake

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 LAKES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LAKES 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 86.4% of games, misses completely in 13.6%, and leaves about 123 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,587 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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__E_ L in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position LA_ES L in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

DROIT TRINE TONER SNOUT TRAIN RONTE
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.98 Entropy (bits)
123 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LAKES 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#6,587 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LAKES ranks #6,587 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
853
4 guesses
1,231
5 guesses
204
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
28%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

322
232
138
132
131
121
114
104
91
82
63
61
56
43
42
41
33
32
31
29
27
26
23
23
22
20
16
15
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LAKES:

14% chance
Suggested:
DROIT
10% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
6% chance
Suggested:
TONER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.6% →
DROIT 5.72 bits
9.8% →
TRINE 5.38 bits
5.8% →
TONER 4.33 bits
5.6% →
SNOUT 5.10 bits
5.6% →
TRAIN 5.33 bits
5.1% →
RONTE 4.14 bits
4.8% →
GUILD 4.80 bits
4.4% →
CRATE 4.91 bits
3.9% →
SNORE 4.58 bits
3.5% →
ALTAR 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1A1K5E1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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