5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

LAZAR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈleɪzə/

Noun

Synonym of leper: a person suffering from Hansen's disease; a person suffering any contagious disease requiring similar isolation.

Adjective

Synonym of leprous: afflicted by Hansen's disease; afflicted by any contagious disease requiring similar isolation.

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 LAZAR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LAZAR 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 74.9% of games, misses completely in 25.1%, and leaves about 267 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,223 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 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__A_ L in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

TOISE NOISE STANE CONTE TRACE SLANE
Words starting with L Words ending with R

First-turn measures

3.98 Entropy (bits)
267 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 22% of evaluated openers
1.97 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LAZAR 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,223 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LAZAR ranks #13,223 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
670
4 guesses
1,266
5 guesses
344
6 guesses
30
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
29%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

591
342
259
165
132
118
118
104
43
43
39
39
36
32
30
28
16
14
14
13
13
12
12
11
10
10
10
8
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LAZAR:

25% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
15% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
11% chance
Suggested:
NOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.1% →
TOISE 6.09 bits
14.5% →
TOISE 5.59 bits
11.0% →
NOISE 5.10 bits
7.0% →
STANE 5.37 bits
5.6% →
CONTE 4.78 bits
5.0% →
TOISE 3.95 bits
5.0% →
TRACE 4.59 bits
4.4% →
SLANE 4.40 bits
1.8% →
POREY 3.70 bits
1.8% →
FETAL 3.86 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1A1Z10A1R1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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