5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LOAVE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of lofe.

Verb

Alternative form of lofe.

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 LOAVE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LOAVE 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 89.0% of games, misses completely in 11.0%, and leaves about 112 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,722 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___E L in the 1st position and E in the 5th position L__V_ L in the 1st position and V in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SHIRT SETER SATYR SNORT TRINE NORTH
Words starting with L Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.10 Entropy (bits)
112 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 88% of evaluated openers
0.85 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LOAVE 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#6,722 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LOAVE ranks #6,722 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
82
3 guesses
809
4 guesses
1,220
5 guesses
223
6 guesses
19
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
3 vowels
Common:
AELO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
40%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

259
234
173
138
123
117
109
105
96
72
57
57
55
52
43
41
41
40
33
31
31
25
25
22
21
19
15
15
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LOAVE:

11% chance
Suggested:
SHIRT
10% chance
Suggested:
SETER
7% chance
Suggested:
SATYR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.0% →
SHIRT 5.74 bits
9.9% →
SETER 5.55 bits
7.3% →
SATYR 4.84 bits
5.9% →
SNORT 5.01 bits
5.2% →
TRINE 4.51 bits
5.0% →
NORTH 4.17 bits
4.6% →
CHART 4.53 bits
4.5% →
SKILL 4.59 bits
4.1% →
SETER 4.39 bits
3.1% →
SLEEP 4.36 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1A1V4E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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