5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LIDAR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪdɑɹ//ˈlaɪdɑː/

Noun

The optical analogue of radar, using intense pulses of laser light to measure the composition and structure of the atmosphere.

“Tesla bet on the idea that in the design of self-driving cars, lidar doesn't add enough capability, beyond what the cameras already provide, to be worth the additional cost.”

Noun

A device that provides such imaging.

“There's a lidar mounted on the roof of that Waymo.”

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 LIDAR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LIDAR 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 88.2% of games, misses completely in 11.8%, and leaves about 118 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,238 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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 _I__R I in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SHOTE CASTE SCOTE SOCLE STONE CRATE
Words starting with L Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.15 Entropy (bits)
118 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 90% of evaluated openers
0.80 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LIDAR 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,238 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LIDAR ranks #1,238 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
984
4 guesses
1,109
5 guesses
177
6 guesses
10
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:
AILR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
27%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

115 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

278
229
209
147
131
125
113
77
72
64
56
54
46
44
40
34
27
27
26
25
22
22
21
20
19
19
18
18
17
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LIDAR:

12% chance
Suggested:
SHOTE
10% chance
Suggested:
CASTE
9% chance
Suggested:
SCOTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.8% →
SHOTE 6.03 bits
9.7% →
CASTE 5.39 bits
8.9% →
SCOTE 5.61 bits
6.2% →
SOCLE 4.92 bits
5.6% →
STONE 5.43 bits
5.3% →
CRATE 4.81 bits
4.8% →
STALE 4.68 bits
3.3% →
SCOTE 4.35 bits
3.1% →
TOUSE 3.80 bits
2.7% →
STOPE 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1I1D2A1R1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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