5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LOKUM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ləˈkuːm/

Noun

Turkish delight

Alternative forms: lokoum, loukoum, loukhoum, loukoumi

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 LOKUM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LOKUM 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 70.5% of games, misses completely in 29.5%, and leaves about 294 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,716 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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___M L in the 1st position and M in the 5th position L__U_ L in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _O__M O in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE RAISE TRONE STIRE RANSE CARSE
Words starting with L Words ending with M

First-turn measures

4.03 Entropy (bits)
294 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 24% of evaluated openers
1.92 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LOKUM 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,716 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LOKUM ranks #10,716 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
751
4 guesses
1,277
5 guesses
258
6 guesses
26
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:
LOU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
20%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

696
278
213
171
134
98
86
69
63
46
36
36
31
30
30
28
28
26
22
21
19
16
16
14
11
8
8
7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LOKUM:

30% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
12% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.5% →
TIARE 6.28 bits
11.8% →
RAISE 5.40 bits
9.0% →
TRONE 5.48 bits
7.3% →
STIRE 5.29 bits
5.7% →
RANSE 4.70 bits
4.2% →
TIARE 5.34 bits
3.6% →
CARSE 5.16 bits
2.9% →
ALOSE 4.23 bits
2.7% →
STILE 4.05 bits
2.0% →
TIARE 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1K5U1M3
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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