5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LAMBS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /læmz/

Noun

plural of lamb

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of lamb

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 LAMBS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LAMBS 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 76.7% of games, misses completely in 23.3%, and leaves about 216 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,783 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___S L in the 1st position and S in the 5th position L__B_ L in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE RONTE TRACE TOILE STURE TRINE
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
216 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LAMBS 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
100.0% Win rate
0.66 Volatility
#4,783 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LAMBS ranks #4,783 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
881
4 guesses
1,236
5 guesses
176
6 guesses
10

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
20%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

549
260
196
177
129
125
101
71
71
58
41
39
36
36
32
32
30
30
26
26
18
17
17
16
16
14
14
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LAMBS:

23% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
11% chance
Suggested:
RONTE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRACE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.3% →
TRONE 6.14 bits
11.0% →
RONTE 5.51 bits
8.3% →
TRACE 5.72 bits
7.5% →
TOILE 5.08 bits
5.5% →
RONTE 4.85 bits
5.3% →
TRONE 4.50 bits
4.3% →
STURE 4.74 bits
3.0% →
TRINE 5.21 bits
3.0% →
PORTE 5.18 bits
2.5% →
TUILE 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1A1M3B3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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