5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LOCIS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of loci.

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 LOCIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LOCIS 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 84.1% of games, misses completely in 15.9%, and leaves about 142 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,287 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___S L in the 1st position and S in the 5th position L__I_ L in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRADE PRATE TRINE PARLE BRANE CRATE
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.86 Entropy (bits)
142 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 76% of evaluated openers
1.09 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LOCIS 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,287 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LOCIS ranks #1,287 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
995
4 guesses
1,109
5 guesses
170
6 guesses
13
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
2 vowels
Common:
ILOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
24%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

376
208
178
177
143
120
110
80
75
64
58
54
51
42
37
37
37
34
33
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27
24
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LOCIS:

16% chance
Suggested:
TRADE
9% chance
Suggested:
PRATE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.9% →
TRADE 6.06 bits
8.8% →
PRATE 5.79 bits
7.5% →
TRINE 5.53 bits
7.5% →
PARLE 5.16 bits
6.1% →
BRANE 5.29 bits
5.1% →
TRADE 4.44 bits
4.7% →
CRATE 5.64 bits
3.4% →
STIRE 4.62 bits
3.2% →
RAILE 4.49 bits
2.7% →
SALLE 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1C3I1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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