5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

LAVAL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 78.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈlɑːvəl/

Adjective

Of or relating to lava.

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 LAVAL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LAVAL 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 57.6% of games, misses completely in 42.4%, and leaves about 504 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,319 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.93 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___L L in the 1st position and L in the 5th position L__A_ L in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__L A in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE TRACE SLICE TRINE SPANE SETER
Words starting with L Words ending with L

First-turn measures

3.37 Entropy (bits)
504 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
78.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LAVAL 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.

3.93 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,319 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LAVAL ranks #14,319 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
585
4 guesses
1,267
5 guesses
429
6 guesses
34

Composition

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
58%
Green tile
27%
All gray
42%

Feedback distribution

63 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1001
281
213
196
90
71
46
41
38
33
25
25
24
24
23
23
20
17
15
12
11
9
9
8
8
8
7
6
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LAVAL:

42% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
12% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

42.4% →
TRONE 6.10 bits
11.9% →
TRACE 5.48 bits
9.0% →
SLICE 5.12 bits
8.3% →
TRINE 4.86 bits
3.8% →
SPANE 4.39 bits
3.0% →
SETER 4.44 bits
1.9% →
RIONE 4.53 bits
1.7% →
SOREE 4.85 bits
1.6% →
PORTE 4.11 bits
1.4% →
PORTE 3.92 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1A1V4A1L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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