Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier for first-turn info

LOMED

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

No dictionary definition for LOMED is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use LOMED in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

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

How LOMED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LOMED 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 83.4% of games, misses completely in 16.6%, and leaves about 159 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #2,600 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe LOMED used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.86 Entropy (bits)
159 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How LOMED 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
99.96% Solved within six
0.68 Spread of game lengths
#2,600 Rank among openers
Opening with LOMED left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.68 means those games clustered within about 0.68 of a guess of the 3.63 average. It ranks #2,600 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
929
4 guesses
1,175
5 guesses
171
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
30%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

LOMED can come back 103 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

395 answers
313 answers
186 answers
153 answers
134 answers
107 answers
89 answers
67 answers
61 answers
61 answers
54 answers
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30 answers
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Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1M3E1D2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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

Strategy after playing LOMED

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to LOMED.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LOMED:

17% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
13% chance
Suggested:
STARE
8% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.6% →
SAINT 6.29 bits
13.1% →
STARE 5.62 bits
7.8% →
SAINT 5.30 bits
6.4% →
ARSON 5.27 bits
5.6% →
STAIR 4.70 bits
4.5% →
STALE 4.56 bits
3.7% →
SHART 4.54 bits
2.8% →
SCARY 4.88 bits
2.6% →
GEARE 4.59 bits
2.6% →
PRASE 4.28 bits

Research on LOMED

Game-tree analysis and word research for LOMED, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with LOMED, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.64 guesses and ranks #1,409 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with LOMED can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.63, at or below the proven-optimal 3.64, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).