5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LOFTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of loft

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of loft

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 LOFTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LOFTS 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 79.8% of games, misses completely in 20.2%, and leaves about 184 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,530 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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__T_ L in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CARNE RAILE SPAER CARET CRANE RANCE
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.57 Entropy (bits)
184 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 57% of evaluated openers
1.38 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LOFTS 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#2,530 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LOFTS ranks #2,530 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
947
4 guesses
1,179
5 guesses
162
6 guesses
10
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
1 vowels
Common:
LOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
22%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

477
230
210
190
158
110
89
68
57
49
48
47
47
45
45
37
33
31
29
27
26
19
17
14
13
12
12
11
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LOFTS:

20% chance
Suggested:
CARNE
10% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
SPAER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.2% →
CARNE 6.17 bits
9.8% →
RAILE 5.43 bits
8.9% →
SPAER 5.57 bits
8.1% →
CARET 5.49 bits
6.7% →
CRANE 5.50 bits
4.7% →
RANCE 4.74 bits
3.8% →
REAST 4.85 bits
2.9% →
MAILE 4.40 bits
2.4% →
RAINE 4.64 bits
2.1% →
URINE 4.98 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1F4T1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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