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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

LOATH

Yes, LOATH was the Wordle answer on May 18, 2026 (Wordle #1794).

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ləʊθ//loʊθ/

Adjective

Averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling. Always followed by a verbal phrase.

“I was loath to return to the office without the Henderson file.”

Adjective

Angry, hostile.

Verb

Obsolete spelling of loathe.

Alternative forms: loth, loathed, loathe

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: May 18, 2026 (#1794).

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

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How LOATH performs as a guess

LOATH is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 85.2% of games, misses completely in 14.8%, and leaves about 118 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #986 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

L___H L in the 1st position and H in the 5th position L__T_ L in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _O__H O in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

SIREN SLIER CRINE SIRED DAINE DRICE
Words starting with L Words ending with H

First-turn measures

5.18 Entropy (bits)
118 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LOATH 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
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#986 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LOATH ranks #986 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
1,020
4 guesses
1,080
5 guesses
177
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
34%
All gray
15%

Example solver route

R O A T E
L O A T H

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LOATH in 2 guesses.

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

350
190
151
129
129
109
99
93
68
59
59
53
52
47
44
37
35
33
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LOATH:

15% chance
Suggested:
SIREN
8% chance
Suggested:
SIREN
6% chance
Suggested:
SLIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.8% →
SIREN 6.02 bits
8.1% →
SIREN 5.21 bits
6.4% →
SLIER 4.97 bits
5.5% →
SIREN 5.48 bits
5.5% →
CRINE 5.31 bits
4.6% →
SIRED 4.54 bits
4.2% →
DAINE 4.29 bits
3.9% →
DRICE 4.64 bits
2.9% →
SIREN 4.41 bits
2.5% →
MANOR 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1A1T1H4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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