5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LAURA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈlɔɹə//ˈlɔːɹə/

Noun

A number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior

Noun

A cluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the centre.

Alternative forms: lavra

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 LAURA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LAURA 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 82.3% of games, misses completely in 17.7%, and leaves about 176 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,642 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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___A L in the 1st position and A in the 5th position L__R_ L in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

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SIENT TOISE SOCLE STANE STIME BEAST
Words starting with L Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.54 Entropy (bits)
176 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LAURA 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#9,642 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LAURA ranks #9,642 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
828
4 guesses
1,146
5 guesses
294
6 guesses
30

Composition

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
ALRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
30%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

418
298
196
155
132
131
121
114
68
65
57
54
38
37
33
33
31
30
28
25
19
17
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15
15
11
10
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LAURA:

18% chance
Suggested:
SIENT
13% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
8% chance
Suggested:
SOCLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.7% →
SIENT 6.14 bits
12.6% →
TOISE 5.28 bits
8.3% →
SOCLE 4.93 bits
6.6% →
STANE 5.43 bits
5.6% →
STIME 4.78 bits
5.6% →
STANE 4.59 bits
5.1% →
BEAST 4.47 bits
4.8% →
CONTE 4.80 bits
2.9% →
PORTE 4.06 bits
2.8% →
SURER 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1A1U1R1A1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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