5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LOCIE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈləʊki/

Noun

A steam locomotive.

Alternative forms: loci, lokie

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 LOCIE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LOCIE 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 90.0% of games, misses completely in 10.0%, and leaves about 98 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #987 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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__I_ L in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SMART RESET SAINT ARSON REAST SAUNT
Words starting with L Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.33 Entropy (bits)
98 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 96% of evaluated openers
0.62 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LOCIE 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
0.71 Volatility
#987 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LOCIE ranks #987 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
80
3 guesses
994
4 guesses
1,087
5 guesses
174
6 guesses
18
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:
EILO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
39%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

111 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

236
235
136
128
124
110
99
88
75
64
61
59
47
47
46
45
41
35
34
34
31
28
27
26
25
23
22
22
21
19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LOCIE:

10% chance
Suggested:
SMART
10% chance
Suggested:
RESET
6% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.0% →
SMART 5.68 bits
10.0% →
RESET 5.52 bits
5.8% →
SAINT 5.30 bits
5.4% →
ARSON 5.16 bits
5.3% →
REAST 4.88 bits
4.7% →
SAUNT 4.95 bits
4.2% →
STARY 4.45 bits
3.7% →
SERAL 4.44 bits
3.2% →
SHART 5.00 bits
2.7% →
DINER 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1C3I1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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