5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LAMPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /læmps/

Noun

plural of lamp

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of lamp

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 LAMPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LAMPS 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 77.5% of games, misses completely in 22.5%, and leaves about 203 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,642 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__P_ L in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE ROUET TRACE NOIRE RONTE STARE
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.53 Entropy (bits)
203 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 54% of evaluated openers
1.42 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LAMPS 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#3,642 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LAMPS ranks #3,642 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
922
4 guesses
1,197
5 guesses
171
6 guesses
12
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
21%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

531
217
212
200
124
117
88
84
68
53
43
36
35
31
30
28
27
25
22
22
21
17
17
17
16
16
15
15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LAMPS:

23% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
9% chance
Suggested:
ROUET
9% chance
Suggested:
TRACE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.5% →
TRONE 6.13 bits
9.2% →
ROUET 5.66 bits
9.0% →
TRACE 5.67 bits
8.5% →
NOIRE 4.98 bits
5.3% →
RONTE 4.98 bits
5.0% →
TRONE 4.46 bits
3.7% →
STARE 4.89 bits
3.6% →
RIONE 5.25 bits
2.9% →
NOIRE 5.26 bits
2.2% →
SIREN 4.62 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1A1M3P3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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