5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess A tier opener

LATER

Yes, LATER was the Wordle answer on September 19, 2025 (Wordle #1553).

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈleɪ.tə//ˈleɪ.tɚ/[ˈleɪ̯.ɾɚ]

Adverb

comparative form of late: more late

“You came in late yesterday and today you came in even later.”

Adverb

Afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).

“My roommate arrived first. I arrived later.”

Adjective

comparative form of late: more late

“Jim was later than John.”

Adjective

Coming afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).

“The Victorian era is a later period of English history than the Elizabethan era.”

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: September 19, 2025 (#1553).

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

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How LATER performs as a guess

LATER 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 91.3% of games, misses completely in 8.7%, and leaves about 72 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #615 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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

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NOISY SEINE SOULY HOIST CRONY POISE
Words starting with L Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.70 Entropy (bits)
72 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
96.9% Avg ruled out
In the top 1% for first-turn entropy
0.25 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LATER 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#615 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LATER ranks #615 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
91
3 guesses
983
4 guesses
1,093
5 guesses
167
6 guesses
16
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:
AELRT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
91%
Green tile
32%
All gray
9%

Example solver route

R O A T E
T A L E A
L A T E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LATER in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

134 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

204
138
118
110
109
101
76
74
72
71
68
64
64
62
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47
40
40
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21

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LATER:

9% chance
Suggested:
NOISY
6% chance
Suggested:
SEINE
5% chance
Suggested:
SOULY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

8.7% →
NOISY 5.41 bits
5.9% →
SEINE 5.53 bits
5.0% →
SOULY 4.65 bits
4.7% →
HOIST 5.15 bits
4.6% →
CRONY 4.83 bits
4.3% →
POISE 4.46 bits
3.2% →
SLAIN 4.07 bits
3.1% →
NOISE 3.28 bits
3.1% →
BRAND 4.25 bits
3.0% →
CHAIN 4.71 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1A1T1E1R1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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