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LASER

Yes, LASER was the Wordle answer on April 22, 2024 (Wordle #1038).

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈleɪz.ə(ɹ)//ˈleɪzɚ//ˈleɪs.ə(ɹ)/

Noun

A device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light.

Noun

A beam of light produced by such a device; a laser beam.

Verb

To cut, destroy or treat with a laser.

“I'm having my eyes lasered to correct my astigmatism.”

Verb

To throw or kick with laser-like precision.

Alternative forms: lasar

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: April 22, 2024 (#1038).

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

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How LASER performs as a guess

LASER is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

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 #1,552 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

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

L___R L in the 1st position and R in the 5th position L__E_ L in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position LA_ER L in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and R in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TINGE COURT PORTE COULD STINK
Words starting with L Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.63 Entropy (bits)
74 Avg remaining
0.04% 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 LASER 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
0.71 Volatility
#1,552 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LASER ranks #1,552 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
89
3 guesses
939
4 guesses
1,137
5 guesses
169
6 guesses
18
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
31%
All gray
9%

Example solver route

R O A T E
G L E A M
A B Y S S
L A S E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LASER in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

125 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

214
133
124
103
103
97
86
75
73
72
65
64
63
60
54
48
48
48
44
38
35
34
33
29
27
26
25
25
23
23

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LASER:

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

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
5.3% →
COURT 4.98 bits
4.4% →
PORTE 4.21 bits
4.4% →
COULD 4.71 bits
4.1% →
STINK 4.90 bits
3.6% →
TANGY 4.07 bits
3.2% →
BOITE 3.08 bits
3.1% →
GRAND 4.26 bits
3.1% →
FLAIL 3.96 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1A1S1E1R1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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