5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LLANO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈl(j)ɑːnəʊ//ˈjɑːnəʊ//ˈlænəʊ/

Noun

A plain or steppe in parts of Latin America.

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 LLANO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LLANO 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 80.4% of games, misses completely in 19.6%, and leaves about 186 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,111 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___O L in the 1st position and O in the 5th position L__N_ L in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _L__O L in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

STIRE TORSE TARSE RINSE TRIPE SIREN
Words starting with L Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.55 Entropy (bits)
186 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 55% of evaluated openers
1.40 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LLANO 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,111 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LLANO ranks #8,111 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
846
4 guesses
1,194
5 guesses
240
6 guesses
24
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:
ALNO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
31%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

462
273
247
159
127
94
86
70
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60
56
50
41
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LLANO:

20% chance
Suggested:
STIRE
12% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
10% chance
Suggested:
TARSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.6% →
STIRE 6.11 bits
11.6% →
TORSE 5.41 bits
10.5% →
TARSE 5.42 bits
6.7% →
STIRE 5.08 bits
5.4% →
RINSE 5.10 bits
4.0% →
TRIPE 4.86 bits
3.6% →
TARSE 4.45 bits
3.0% →
SIREN 4.51 bits
2.5% →
SEITY 4.59 bits
2.5% →
SPICE 4.72 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1L1A1N1O1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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