5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LANAS

LANAS 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

Proper noun

A barangay of Barbaza, Antique, Philippines.

Proper noun

A barangay of Dingras, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.

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 LANAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LANAS 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 78.2% of games, misses completely in 21.8%, and leaves about 195 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,220 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__A_ L in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRODE ROUET ROULE TRIDE CRATE TRICE
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.53 Entropy (bits)
195 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LANAS 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,220 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LANAS ranks #7,220 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
852
4 guesses
1,198
5 guesses
224
6 guesses
23

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALNS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
28%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

514
229
205
157
145
121
80
75
73
63
61
48
48
36
35
34
34
32
28
23
22
22
19
19
18
16
12
12
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LANAS:

22% chance
Suggested:
TRODE
10% chance
Suggested:
ROUET
9% chance
Suggested:
ROULE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.8% →
TRODE 6.09 bits
9.7% →
ROUET 5.60 bits
8.7% →
ROULE 4.97 bits
6.7% →
TRIDE 5.49 bits
6.1% →
CRATE 5.48 bits
5.1% →
TRICE 4.72 bits
3.4% →
PEART 4.63 bits
3.2% →
ALTER 4.25 bits
3.1% →
COURE 4.43 bits
2.7% →
ROUET 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1A1N1A1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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