5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LAYUP

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈleɪˌʌp/

Noun

A close-range shot in which the shooter banks the ball off the backboard from a few feet away.

Noun

A relatively easy task.

“Meeting the numbers will be a layup, if not a slam dunk.”

Alternative forms: lay-up

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 LAYUP performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LAYUP 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 78.1% of games, misses completely in 21.9%, and leaves about 200 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,834 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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__U_ L in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _A__P A in the 2nd position and P in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE TRACE CLOTE RONTE SLATE DRONE
Words starting with L Words ending with P

First-turn measures

4.52 Entropy (bits)
200 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 53% of evaluated openers
1.43 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LAYUP 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#4,834 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LAYUP ranks #4,834 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
889
4 guesses
1,207
5 guesses
188
6 guesses
14
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:
ALU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
22%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

517
283
161
154
140
122
116
85
51
50
49
42
36
35
34
33
30
29
25
22
20
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18
15
14
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12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LAYUP:

22% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
12% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
7% chance
Suggested:
CLOTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.9% →
TRINE 6.24 bits
12.0% →
TRACE 5.63 bits
6.8% →
CLOTE 4.88 bits
6.5% →
RONTE 5.39 bits
5.9% →
SLATE 4.51 bits
5.2% →
RONTE 4.98 bits
4.9% →
DRONE 4.97 bits
3.6% →
PRONE 5.39 bits
2.2% →
TRINE 3.53 bits
2.1% →
SENOR 4.80 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1A1Y4U1P3
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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