5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

LAYER

Yes, LAYER was the Wordle answer on January 4, 2023 (Wordle #564).

As an opener, it rules out about 96.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈleɪ̯ɚ/[ˈleɪ̯ɚ] ~ [ˈleɪ̯ɹ̩]/ˈlɛɹ/

Noun

A single thickness of some material covering a surface.

“Wrap the loaf in two layers of aluminum foil before putting it in the oven.”

Noun

A (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum.

“I find seven-layer cake a bit too rich.”

Verb

To cut or divide into layers.

Verb

To arrange in layers.

“Layer the ribbons on top of one another to make an attractive pattern.”

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: January 4, 2023 (#564).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How LAYER performs as a guess

LAYER is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 90.6% of games, misses completely in 9.4%, and leaves about 90 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,563 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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 GROUT POISE DUSTY SLICK
Words starting with L Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.36 Entropy (bits)
90 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
96.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 96% of evaluated openers
0.59 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LAYER 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#4,563 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LAYER ranks #4,563 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
84
3 guesses
875
4 guesses
1,161
5 guesses
210
6 guesses
21
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)
91%
Green tile
30%
All gray
9%

Example solver route

R O A T E
G L E A M
A B Y S S
L A Y E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LAYER in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

117 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

222
179
141
120
114
101
100
90
88
87
86
78
63
57
53
53
45
35
35
34
31
28
25
22
22
20
19
18
18
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LAYER:

9% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
8% chance
Suggested:
SEINE
6% chance
Suggested:
GROUT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.4% →
HOIST 5.86 bits
7.6% →
SEINE 5.48 bits
6.0% →
GROUT 5.11 bits
5.1% →
POISE 4.55 bits
4.8% →
DUSTY 4.10 bits
4.3% →
SLICK 4.53 bits
4.2% →
STAIN 5.15 bits
3.8% →
COAST 4.28 bits
3.7% →
SENTE 4.49 bits
3.7% →
GRANT 4.09 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1A1Y4E1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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