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LAPSE

Yes, LAPSE was the Wordle answer on March 10, 2022 (Wordle #264).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /læps/

Noun

A temporary failure; a slip.

“memory lapse”

Noun

A decline or fall in standards.

Verb

To fall away gradually; to subside.

Verb

To fall into error or heresy.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: March 10, 2022 (#264).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How LAPSE performs as a guess

LAPSE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 87.5% of games, misses completely in 12.5%, and leaves about 102 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #586 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

L___E L in the 1st position and E in the 5th position L__S_ L in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

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COUNT TENOR TRAIN COULD GRICE RONTE
Words starting with L Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.43 Entropy (bits)
102 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LAPSE 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#586 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LAPSE ranks #586 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
95
3 guesses
962
4 guesses
1,126
5 guesses
155
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
38%
All gray
12%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S M I L Y
F A L S E
L A P S E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LAPSE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

132 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

294
220
132
115
112
111
105
80
67
67
54
46
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43
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34
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26
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LAPSE:

12% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
9% chance
Suggested:
TENOR
6% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.5% →
COUNT 5.82 bits
9.3% →
TENOR 5.19 bits
5.6% →
TRAIN 5.26 bits
4.9% →
COULD 4.76 bits
4.7% →
GRICE 4.39 bits
4.7% →
RONTE 4.10 bits
4.5% →
SNOUT 5.06 bits
3.4% →
CORAL 4.29 bits
2.8% →
TREAD 4.62 bits
2.8% →
REBEL 4.13 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1A1P3S1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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