5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LAKSA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A spicy noodle stew from Indonesia or Malaysia.

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 LAKSA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LAKSA 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 70.7% of games, misses completely in 29.3%, and leaves about 286 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,240 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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___A L in the 1st position and A in the 5th position L__S_ L in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE TOILE RONTE TRADE ALERT RUOTE
Words starting with L Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.06 Entropy (bits)
286 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LAKSA 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,240 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LAKSA ranks #11,240 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
738
4 guesses
1,269
5 guesses
286
6 guesses
19

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
25%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

692
220
202
194
162
127
84
68
48
47
43
37
35
33
29
26
26
25
22
19
14
14
13
13
13
13
9
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LAKSA:

29% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
9% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
9% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.3% →
TRONE 6.09 bits
9.3% →
TOILE 5.14 bits
8.6% →
RONTE 5.37 bits
8.2% →
TRADE 5.52 bits
6.9% →
RONTE 4.90 bits
5.4% →
ALERT 4.40 bits
3.6% →
RUOTE 5.10 bits
2.9% →
PEART 4.65 bits
2.0% →
CRINE 4.94 bits
2.0% →
TOILE 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1A1K5S1A1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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