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

LLAMA

Yes, LLAMA was the Wordle answer on August 20, 2025 (Wordle #1523).

As an opener, it rules out about 81.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈlɑː.mə//ˈlɑmə//ˈjɑmə/

Noun

A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat.

Noun

A firearm, especially a handgun.

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: August 20, 2025 (#1523).

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

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How LLAMA performs as a guess

LLAMA 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 60.9% of games, misses completely in 39.1%, and leaves about 440 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,300 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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___A L in the 1st position and A in the 5th position L__M_ L in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _L__A L in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE TARSE TRICE TOILE MOIRE SOUCE
Words starting with L Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.55 Entropy (bits)
440 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
81.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 8% of evaluated openers
2.40 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LLAMA 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,300 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LLAMA ranks #13,300 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
667
4 guesses
1,263
5 guesses
358
6 guesses
25
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
61%
Green tile
27%
All gray
39%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
A G A P E
L L A M A

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LLAMA in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

922
305
176
136
113
101
95
52
43
43
42
32
25
24
21
16
15
14
13
12
11
11
10
10
10
10
7
7
6
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LLAMA:

39% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
13% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
7% chance
Suggested:
TRICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

39.1% →
TRONE 6.15 bits
12.9% →
TARSE 5.39 bits
7.5% →
TRICE 5.17 bits
5.8% →
TOILE 5.08 bits
4.8% →
MOIRE 5.25 bits
4.3% →
SOUCE 4.75 bits
4.0% →
TARSE 4.53 bits
2.2% →
CARNE 4.57 bits
1.8% →
HOISE 3.81 bits
1.8% →
RIONE 4.45 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1L1A1M3A1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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