5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LAWER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Obsolete form of lawyer.

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 LAWER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LAWER 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 87.2% of games, misses completely in 12.8%, and leaves about 112 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,059 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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

5.14 Entropy (bits)
112 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 90% of evaluated openers
0.81 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LAWER 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,059 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LAWER ranks #6,059 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
884
4 guesses
1,156
5 guesses
237
6 guesses
15
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)
87%
Green tile
30%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

303
192
155
133
129
102
102
94
90
88
78
73
59
54
53
36
34
30
30
29
27
22
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19
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15
15
13
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LAWER:

13% 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.

12.8% →
HOIST 5.81 bits
8.1% →
SEINE 5.56 bits
6.6% →
COURT 5.27 bits
5.6% →
SOULY 4.64 bits
5.5% →
TOISE 4.43 bits
4.3% →
SCANT 5.11 bits
4.3% →
NASTY 4.02 bits
4.0% →
SLANT 4.26 bits
3.8% →
STANE 4.50 bits
3.7% →
COAST 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1A1W4E1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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