5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LANAI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ləˈnaɪ//lɑːˈnaɪ/

Noun

A Hawaiian-style roofed patio.

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 LANAI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LANAI 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 78.6% of games, misses completely in 21.4%, and leaves about 197 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,604 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___I L in the 1st position and I in the 5th position L__A_ L in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__I A in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE TRICE CRATE SOUCE STILE SOGER
Words starting with L Words ending with I

First-turn measures

4.47 Entropy (bits)
197 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LANAI 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#8,604 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LANAI ranks #8,604 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
814
4 guesses
1,212
5 guesses
242
6 guesses
27

Composition

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AILN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
27%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

504
256
197
174
129
129
95
91
82
51
48
46
44
39
38
31
28
27
23
23
22
19
17
17
16
15
14
13
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LANAI:

21% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRICE
8% chance
Suggested:
CRATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.4% →
TORSE 6.30 bits
10.9% →
TRICE 5.37 bits
8.4% →
CRATE 5.58 bits
7.4% →
SOUCE 5.03 bits
5.5% →
TORSE 5.35 bits
5.5% →
TORSE 4.73 bits
4.0% →
STILE 4.51 bits
3.9% →
SOGER 4.68 bits
3.5% →
SLATE 4.37 bits
2.2% →
TREAD 4.31 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1A1N1A1I1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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