5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LAKIN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈleɪkɪn/

Noun

A toy.

Noun

Obsolete form of ladykin.

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 LAKIN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LAKIN 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 80.3% of games, misses completely in 19.7%, and leaves about 174 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,095 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___N L in the 1st position and N in the 5th position L__I_ L in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _A__N A in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE STARE SPITE SOLER ROUTE STRAE
Words starting with L Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.71 Entropy (bits)
174 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LAKIN 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,095 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LAKIN ranks #5,095 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
929
4 guesses
1,141
5 guesses
216
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AILN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
26%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

464
237
185
160
132
125
123
90
73
47
44
38
35
33
33
32
27
24
24
20
18
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LAKIN:

20% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
10% chance
Suggested:
STARE
8% chance
Suggested:
SPITE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.7% →
TORSE 6.31 bits
10.0% →
STARE 5.69 bits
7.8% →
SPITE 5.16 bits
6.8% →
SOLER 4.77 bits
5.6% →
TORSE 4.76 bits
5.3% →
ROUTE 5.31 bits
5.2% →
STRAE 4.66 bits
3.8% →
SONNE 4.45 bits
3.1% →
STILE 4.47 bits
2.0% →
ROUET 4.70 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1A1K5I1N1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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