5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LAVER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈlɑːvə//ˈleɪvə//ˈleɪvɚ/

Noun

A red alga/seaweed, Porphyra umbilicalis (syn. Porphyra laciniata), eaten as a vegetable.

Noun

Other seaweeds similar in appearance or use, especially

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 LAVER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LAVER 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 86.1% of games, misses completely in 13.9%, and leaves about 121 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,882 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___R L in the 1st position and R in the 5th position L__E_ L in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position LA_ER L in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and R in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST SEINE COURT SOULY TOISE SCANT
Words starting with L Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.07 Entropy (bits)
121 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 86% of evaluated openers
0.88 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LAVER 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#6,882 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LAVER ranks #6,882 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
829
4 guesses
1,178
5 guesses
254
6 guesses
13
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
2 vowels
Common:
AELR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
30%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

115 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

327
192
170
138
121
108
105
96
91
85
79
79
58
54
53
37
33
31
30
26
25
23
22
17
17
15
14
11
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LAVER:

14% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
8% chance
Suggested:
SEINE
7% chance
Suggested:
COURT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.9% →
HOIST 5.82 bits
8.1% →
SEINE 5.55 bits
7.2% →
COURT 5.19 bits
5.9% →
SOULY 4.62 bits
5.1% →
TOISE 4.54 bits
4.6% →
SCANT 5.08 bits
4.5% →
TANGY 4.05 bits
4.1% →
TRACK 4.12 bits
3.9% →
SLANT 4.28 bits
3.6% →
STANE 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1A1V4E1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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