5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LATUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈleɪ.təs/

Noun

Synonym of flank.

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 LATUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LATUS 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 84.3% of games, misses completely in 15.7%, and leaves about 129 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #801 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__U_ L in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

DRONE NOIRE PRONE THEIR MORNE CRINE
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.02 Entropy (bits)
129 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LATUS 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
0.68 Volatility
#801 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LATUS ranks #801 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
1,011
4 guesses
1,109
5 guesses
153
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
24%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

370
179
152
140
137
120
112
112
79
68
64
45
42
42
41
38
37
34
31
28
24
23
23
23
23
20
19
14
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LATUS:

16% chance
Suggested:
DRONE
8% chance
Suggested:
DRONE
6% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.7% →
DRONE 6.14 bits
7.6% →
DRONE 5.63 bits
6.4% →
NOIRE 4.90 bits
5.9% →
PRONE 5.39 bits
5.8% →
THEIR 5.46 bits
5.1% →
MORNE 4.84 bits
4.7% →
MORNE 4.73 bits
4.7% →
CRINE 4.53 bits
3.3% →
STIRE 4.66 bits
2.9% →
PHARE 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1A1T1U1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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