5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

LARES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative letter-case form of Lares.

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 LARES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LARES 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 90.9% of games, misses completely in 9.1%, and leaves about 74 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,317 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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__E_ L in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position LA_ES L in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TINGE SNOUT PRINT COULD BOITE
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.63 Entropy (bits)
74 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.9% Avg ruled out
In the top 1% for first-turn entropy
0.32 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LARES 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,317 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LARES ranks #1,317 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
87
3 guesses
951
4 guesses
1,132
5 guesses
167
6 guesses
16
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
2 vowels
Common:
AELRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
91%
Green tile
33%
All gray
9%

Feedback distribution

120 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

214
133
115
108
103
94
86
82
75
72
68
64
63
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48
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22

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LARES:

9% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
6% chance
Suggested:
TINGE
5% chance
Suggested:
SNOUT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.1% →
COUNT 5.60 bits
5.6% →
TINGE 5.05 bits
4.9% →
SNOUT 4.88 bits
4.6% →
PRINT 4.73 bits
4.4% →
COULD 4.71 bits
4.0% →
BOITE 3.27 bits
3.6% →
TANGY 4.07 bits
3.5% →
TRIPE 4.29 bits
3.2% →
GRAND 4.27 bits
3.1% →
FLAIL 3.96 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1A1R1E1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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