5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LATHS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /læθs/

Noun

plural of lath

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 LATHS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LATHS 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 82.1% of games, misses completely in 17.9%, and leaves about 146 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #687 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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 5th position L__H_ L in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

DRONE NOIRE RIONE TRINE MORNE ROUET
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.90 Entropy (bits)
146 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 78% of evaluated openers
1.05 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LATHS 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
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#687 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LATHS ranks #687 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
1,016
4 guesses
1,116
5 guesses
154
6 guesses
8
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
1 vowels
Common:
ALST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
22%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

422
182
163
151
127
121
113
91
81
61
53
52
40
39
38
35
35
33
32
32
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26
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23
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LATHS:

18% chance
Suggested:
DRONE
8% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE
7% chance
Suggested:
DRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.9% →
DRONE 6.15 bits
7.7% →
NOIRE 4.96 bits
6.9% →
DRONE 5.65 bits
6.4% →
RIONE 5.60 bits
5.4% →
TRINE 5.50 bits
5.1% →
RIONE 4.47 bits
4.8% →
MORNE 4.79 bits
3.9% →
ROUET 4.82 bits
3.4% →
COURE 5.31 bits
2.6% →
TRINE 4.68 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1A1T1H4S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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