5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LATEX

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈleɪtɛks//ˈleɪˌtɛks/

Noun

The milky sap of several trees that coagulates on exposure to air; used to make rubber.

Noun

An emulsion of rubber in water, used in adhesives and the like.

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 LATEX performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LATEX 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 86.2% of games, misses completely in 13.8%, and leaves about 136 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,848 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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__E_ L in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__X A in the 2nd position and X in the 5th position

Try next

IRONY NOIRE SHOUT CRANK SOULY SENOR
Words starting with L Words ending with X

First-turn measures

4.79 Entropy (bits)
136 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 71% of evaluated openers
1.16 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LATEX 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,848 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LATEX ranks #10,848 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
733
4 guesses
1,259
5 guesses
280
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AELT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
30%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

325
242
170
151
142
136
116
102
94
87
71
66
50
47
37
36
36
31
26
26
26
24
24
22
19
15
14
12
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LATEX:

14% chance
Suggested:
IRONY
10% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE
7% chance
Suggested:
SHOUT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.8% →
IRONY 5.49 bits
10.3% →
NOIRE 5.25 bits
7.2% →
SHOUT 5.39 bits
6.4% →
CRANK 4.82 bits
6.0% →
SOULY 4.66 bits
5.8% →
SENOR 4.28 bits
4.9% →
SCARE 4.53 bits
4.3% →
RAYON 4.14 bits
4.0% →
CLAIM 4.01 bits
3.7% →
PRISE 4.72 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1A1T1E1X8
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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