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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

LOCUS

Yes, LOCUS was the Wordle answer on April 7, 2023 (Wordle #657).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈləʊkəs//ˈloʊkəs/

Noun

A place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime.

“The cafeteria was the locus of activity.”

Noun

The set of all points whose coordinates satisfy a given equation or condition.

“A circle is the locus of points from which the distance to the center is a given value, the radius.”

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: April 7, 2023 (#657).

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

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How LOCUS performs as a guess

LOCUS 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 79.9% of games, misses completely in 20.1%, and leaves about 179 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,301 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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__U_ L in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE RAILE TRINE CRATE TRADE TRODE
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.64 Entropy (bits)
179 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 61% of evaluated openers
1.31 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LOCUS 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,301 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LOCUS ranks #3,301 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
938
4 guesses
1,156
5 guesses
183
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
LOSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
21%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches LOCUS in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

474
230
216
161
138
110
103
71
64
56
56
51
40
38
35
35
33
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27
24
22
22
22
15
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LOCUS:

20% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
10% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
9% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.1% →
TIARE 6.16 bits
9.8% →
TIARE 5.73 bits
9.2% →
RAILE 5.37 bits
6.8% →
TRINE 5.52 bits
5.9% →
CRATE 5.59 bits
4.7% →
TRADE 5.01 bits
4.4% →
TRODE 4.41 bits
3.0% →
STALE 4.84 bits
2.7% →
STANE 4.37 bits
2.4% →
TRONE 4.33 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1C3U1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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