5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LAUND

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /lɔːnd/

Noun

A grassy plain or pasture, especially surrounded by woodland; a glade.

Alternative forms: laune

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 LAUND performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LAUND 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 81.3% of games, misses completely in 18.7%, and leaves about 158 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,259 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___D L in the 1st position and D in the 5th position L__N_ L in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _A__D A in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE CRATE TOISE RINSE REACT CORSE
Words starting with L Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.87 Entropy (bits)
158 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LAUND 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,259 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LAUND ranks #1,259 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
997
4 guesses
1,111
5 guesses
166
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALNU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
31%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

440
227
166
137
135
132
127
78
59
52
45
39
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LAUND:

19% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
10% chance
Suggested:
CRATE
7% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.7% →
TORSE 6.33 bits
9.6% →
CRATE 5.75 bits
7.0% →
TOISE 5.10 bits
5.8% →
TORSE 4.78 bits
5.7% →
RINSE 5.23 bits
5.6% →
REACT 4.64 bits
5.4% →
CORSE 5.11 bits
3.3% →
DOREE 5.16 bits
2.5% →
TROPE 4.77 bits
2.2% →
TORSE 4.80 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1A1U1N1D2
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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