5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LARUM

LARUM 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

Noun

Obsolete form of alarum.

Verb

Obsolete form of alarum.

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 LARUM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LARUM 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 84.8% of games, misses completely in 15.2%, and leaves about 143 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,000 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___M L in the 1st position and M in the 5th position L__U_ L in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _A__M A in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

SIENT TOISE STOLE STANE TRACE SLATE
Words starting with L Words ending with M

First-turn measures

4.86 Entropy (bits)
143 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 75% of evaluated openers
1.09 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LARUM 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
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,000 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LARUM ranks #4,000 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
930
4 guesses
1,126
5 guesses
221
6 guesses
11
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:
ALRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
26%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

358
254
175
156
146
130
126
101
63
53
53
53
47
44
33
31
27
27
27
25
24
24
21
19
19
19
17
16
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LARUM:

15% chance
Suggested:
SIENT
11% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
7% chance
Suggested:
STOLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.2% →
SIENT 6.21 bits
10.8% →
TOISE 5.24 bits
7.4% →
STOLE 5.04 bits
6.6% →
STANE 5.48 bits
6.2% →
TRACE 4.89 bits
5.5% →
SLATE 4.50 bits
5.3% →
SONCE 4.98 bits
4.3% →
CONTE 4.71 bits
2.7% →
SHOTE 4.78 bits
2.2% →
SCOTE 5.01 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1A1R1U1M3
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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