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

LOCAL

Yes, LOCAL was the Wordle answer on March 13, 2024 (Wordle #998).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈləʊ.kl̩//ˈloʊ.kl̩/

Adjective

From or in a nearby location.

“We prefer local produce.”

Adjective

Connected directly to a particular computer, processor, etc.; able to be accessed offline.

“local disk drive”

Noun

A person who lives in or near a given place.

“It's easy to tell the locals from the tourists.”

Noun

A branch of a nationwide organization such as a trade union.

“I'm in the TWU, too. Local 6.”

Alternative forms: loc.

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: March 13, 2024 (#998).

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

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How LOCAL performs as a guess

LOCAL 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 78.2% of games, misses completely in 21.8%, and leaves about 219 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,577 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___L L in the 1st position and L in the 5th position L__A_ L in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__L O in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SIREN TARSE TRINE RUOTE SUITE TRICE
Words starting with L Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.41 Entropy (bits)
219 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 46% of evaluated openers
1.54 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LOCAL 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,577 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LOCAL ranks #7,577 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
839
4 guesses
1,198
5 guesses
243
6 guesses
16
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:
ALO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
27%
All gray
22%

Example solver route

R O A T E
L U C I D
L O C A L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LOCAL in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

515
355
188
152
124
118
101
91
64
56
36
35
34
31
26
25
24
24
21
19
18
16
16
16
15
13
12
12
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LOCAL:

22% chance
Suggested:
SIREN
15% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.8% →
SIREN 6.10 bits
15.1% →
TARSE 5.59 bits
8.0% →
TRINE 5.51 bits
6.4% →
RUOTE 4.54 bits
5.3% →
SUITE 5.26 bits
5.0% →
TRICE 5.38 bits
4.3% →
SPALE 4.51 bits
3.9% →
CRATE 4.89 bits
2.7% →
BARON 4.59 bits
2.4% →
TREAD 4.45 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1C3A1L1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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