5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LOIDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of loid

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of loid

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 LOIDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LOIDS 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 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 148 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,231 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___S L in the 1st position and S in the 5th position L__D_ L in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CARTE PRATE CARLE REACT CRATE DEARE
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.84 Entropy (bits)
148 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 74% of evaluated openers
1.11 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LOIDS 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
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#1,231 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LOIDS ranks #1,231 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
994
4 guesses
1,129
5 guesses
160
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
2 vowels
Common:
ILOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
29%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

401
225
189
148
141
115
90
75
68
68
54
50
49
46
44
42
39
35
34
28
27
25
25
24
19
15
14
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LOIDS:

17% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
10% chance
Suggested:
PRATE
8% chance
Suggested:
CARLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
CARTE 6.31 bits
9.5% →
PRATE 5.78 bits
8.0% →
CARLE 5.24 bits
6.3% →
CARTE 5.29 bits
6.0% →
REACT 5.14 bits
4.9% →
CARTE 4.74 bits
3.8% →
CRATE 5.05 bits
3.2% →
DEARE 5.00 bits
2.9% →
PEART 4.28 bits
2.9% →
THALE 4.67 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1I1D2S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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