5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LAWKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /lɔːks//lɔks//lɑks/

Interjection

Lord! (especially as an expression of surprise)

Alternative forms: lawk, lauk, lork, lorks

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 LAWKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LAWKS 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 73.5% of games, misses completely in 26.5%, and leaves about 257 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,091 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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__K_ L in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE ROUET TRODE TOILE RONTE ALERT
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.16 Entropy (bits)
257 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 30% of evaluated openers
1.79 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LAWKS 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#9,091 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LAWKS ranks #9,091 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
799
4 guesses
1,266
5 guesses
240
6 guesses
12
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
1 vowels
Common:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
21%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

625
236
228
192
164
134
93
54
50
43
41
40
33
29
27
25
22
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LAWKS:

27% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
10% chance
Suggested:
ROUET
10% chance
Suggested:
TRODE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.5% →
TRONE 6.07 bits
10.0% →
ROUET 5.66 bits
9.7% →
TRODE 5.60 bits
8.1% →
TOILE 5.13 bits
7.0% →
RONTE 4.88 bits
5.7% →
ALERT 4.51 bits
3.9% →
PEART 4.93 bits
2.3% →
WIDEN 4.89 bits
2.1% →
SPILE 4.47 bits
1.8% →
BRINE 3.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1A1W4K5S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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