5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LARFS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of larf

Noun

plural of larf

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 LARFS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LARFS 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 85.0% of games, misses completely in 15.0%, and leaves about 143 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,955 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__F_ L in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CONTE TRIED SIENT BOULE TRACE ALATE
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.82 Entropy (bits)
143 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 73% of evaluated openers
1.13 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LARFS 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
0.68 Volatility
#3,955 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LARFS ranks #3,955 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
898
4 guesses
1,212
5 guesses
169
6 guesses
15
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:
ALRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
25%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

354
250
190
167
123
121
107
106
81
65
59
58
46
35
33
33
32
31
31
30
29
27
25
25
23
16
14
12
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LARFS:

15% chance
Suggested:
CONTE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
8% chance
Suggested:
SIENT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.0% →
CONTE 6.01 bits
10.6% →
TRIED 5.27 bits
8.1% →
SIENT 5.52 bits
7.1% →
BOULE 5.07 bits
5.2% →
TRACE 4.80 bits
5.1% →
CONTE 5.24 bits
4.5% →
ALATE 4.54 bits
4.5% →
TONEY 4.69 bits
3.4% →
STAKE 4.59 bits
2.8% →
STIPE 4.62 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1A1R1F4S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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