5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LAWNY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈlɔːni/

Adjective

Made of lawn or fine linen.

Adjective

Having or resembling a grass lawn.

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 LAWNY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LAWNY 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 76.4% of games, misses completely in 23.6%, and leaves about 214 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,921 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___Y L in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position L__N_ L in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOISE CRATE SLICE RINSE REAST DORSE
Words starting with L Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.48 Entropy (bits)
214 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 51% of evaluated openers
1.46 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LAWNY 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,921 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LAWNY ranks #5,921 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
901
4 guesses
1,182
5 guesses
212
6 guesses
16
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:
ALN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
35%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

557
255
190
153
141
128
105
69
49
43
43
43
35
33
28
28
27
26
23
21
20
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15
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LAWNY:

24% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
11% chance
Suggested:
CRATE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.6% →
TOISE 6.18 bits
10.8% →
CRATE 5.69 bits
8.1% →
SLICE 5.15 bits
6.5% →
RINSE 5.33 bits
6.0% →
REAST 4.63 bits
5.4% →
DORSE 4.53 bits
4.5% →
TRICE 4.74 bits
2.9% →
TOISE 4.86 bits
2.1% →
SCIRE 4.33 bits
1.8% →
SHITE 5.05 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1A1W4N1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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