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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).

See the full page for that puzzle: 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 2,374 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 75 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #1,552 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___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

Explore lists that match the beginning, ending or letters in LASER.

First-turn measures

All four describe LASER used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

5.63 Entropy (bits)
75 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 opening guess: previous 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
99.96% Solved within six
0.71 Spread of game lengths
#1,552 Rank among openers
Opening with LASER left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.71 means those games clustered within about 0.71 of a guess of the 3.61 average. It 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 (3.46 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

LASER can come back 126 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

215 answers
135 answers
125 answers
104 answers
104 answers
98 answers
87 answers
75 answers
73 answers
73 answers
65 answers
64 answers
63 answers
60 answers
54 answers
49 answers
48 answers
48 answers
45 answers
39 answers
35 answers
34 answers
33 answers
30 answers
27 answers
26 answers
25 answers
25 answers
23 answers
23 answers

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.

Try next

COUNT TINGE COURT PORTE COULD SNOUT

Strategy after playing LASER

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to LASER.

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
5.7% →
TINGE 5.08 bits
5.3% →
COURT 4.98 bits
4.4% →
PORTE 4.21 bits
4.4% →
COULD 4.71 bits
4.1% →
SNOUT 4.96 bits
3.7% →
TANGY 4.07 bits
3.2% →
BOITE 3.08 bits
3.1% →
GRAND 4.26 bits
3.1% →
ALOFT 4.13 bits

Research on LASER

Game-tree analysis and word research for LASER, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with LASER, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.61 guesses and ranks #433 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with LASER can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.61, at or below the proven-optimal 3.61, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

How it sounds

Two syllables, stress on the first syllable Say it LAYZUR.

Rhymes with RAZOR TASER LAZAR MASER MAZER

Related meanings

In WordNet's sense inventory, LASER is a kind of device.

Familiarity and learning

Frequency
LASER sits in the common band of the wordfreq scale, appearing about 16 times per million words of written English; the band marks it as an everyday word almost every player will know.
Learner level
Appears in intermediate learner vocabulary (CEFR-J level B2); a word learners usually reach after the basics.
Dominant sense
Lancaster raters associated it most strongly with sight (4.1 of 5).

In a sentence

Do you have a laser?
© tatoeba.org contributor andibing (CC BY 2.0 FR)
Fire a laser at him.
© tatoeba.org contributor mailohilohi (CC BY 2.0 FR)

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD); Word relations: Open English WordNet, 2025 edition (CC BY 4.0); Word frequency: wordfreq (data CC BY-SA 4.0); Learner levels: CEFR-J Wordlist ver 1.5, Tono Laboratory, TUFS; Lancaster Sensorimotor Norms (CC BY 4.0).