5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LASSU

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Archaic form of lasso.

Verb

Archaic form of lasso.

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 LASSU performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LASSU 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 76.9% of games, misses completely in 23.1%, and leaves about 223 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,512 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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 4th position _A__U A in the 2nd position and U in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE RONTE NOIRE TIARE TRINE PEART
Words starting with L Words ending with U

First-turn measures

4.23 Entropy (bits)
223 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 34% of evaluated openers
1.72 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LASSU 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,512 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LASSU ranks #10,512 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
789
4 guesses
1,214
5 guesses
283
6 guesses
25
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
24%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

545
249
199
177
171
144
138
80
65
56
53
46
41
36
26
24
23
23
17
16
16
15
15
15
14
10
10
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LASSU:

23% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
8% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.1% →
TRONE 6.10 bits
10.6% →
TRONE 5.59 bits
8.4% →
RONTE 5.37 bits
7.5% →
NOIRE 4.88 bits
7.3% →
RONTE 4.85 bits
6.1% →
TIARE 4.53 bits
5.9% →
TRINE 5.24 bits
3.4% →
PEART 4.62 bits
2.8% →
CLOTE 4.23 bits
2.4% →
STONE 4.30 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1A1S1S1U1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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