5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LAVES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /leɪvz/

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of lave

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 LAVES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LAVES 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 85.5% of games, misses completely in 14.5%, and leaves about 132 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,750 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___S L in the 1st position and S in the 5th position L__E_ L in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position LA_ES L in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

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COUNT TRINE SNOUT TRAIN COULD TRODE
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.91 Entropy (bits)
132 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LAVES 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
0.71 Volatility
#6,750 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LAVES ranks #6,750 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
838
4 guesses
1,205
5 guesses
228
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
29%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

343
221
159
139
126
125
124
105
92
84
72
64
59
45
41
39
39
33
26
24
22
22
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12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LAVES:

15% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
9% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
7% chance
Suggested:
SNOUT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.5% →
COUNT 5.81 bits
9.4% →
TRINE 5.41 bits
6.7% →
SNOUT 5.03 bits
5.9% →
TRAIN 5.33 bits
5.3% →
COULD 4.76 bits
5.3% →
TRODE 4.23 bits
5.3% →
RONTE 4.08 bits
4.5% →
TRADE 4.94 bits
3.9% →
RONTE 4.66 bits
3.6% →
ALTAR 4.22 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1A1V4E1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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