5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LASSY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of lassie.

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 LASSY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LASSY 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 75.1% of games, misses completely in 24.9%, and leaves about 235 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,524 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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___Y L in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position L__S_ L in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE TRONE BOITE TONER TIARE RIONE
Words starting with L Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.28 Entropy (bits)
235 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 37% of evaluated openers
1.67 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LASSY 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#9,524 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LASSY ranks #9,524 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
809
4 guesses
1,204
5 guesses
269
6 guesses
24
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
1 vowels
Common:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
35%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

586
245
194
176
146
139
133
81
63
47
46
40
34
31
26
26
24
22
19
17
16
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12
11
11
11
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9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LASSY:

25% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
8% chance
Suggested:
BOITE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.9% →
TRINE 6.30 bits
10.4% →
TRONE 5.57 bits
8.2% →
BOITE 5.07 bits
7.5% →
TONER 5.10 bits
6.2% →
TIARE 4.53 bits
5.9% →
RIONE 4.65 bits
5.6% →
TONER 4.96 bits
3.4% →
PEART 4.66 bits
2.7% →
RUOTE 4.88 bits
2.0% →
TRINE 3.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1A1S1S1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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