5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LOMES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

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

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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 LOMES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LOMES 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 87.4% of games, misses completely in 12.6%, and leaves about 125 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,737 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__E_ L in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position LO_ES L in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN TIARE SAUNT FLAIL APRON AIDER
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.01 Entropy (bits)
125 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 84% of evaluated openers
0.94 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LOMES 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,737 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LOMES ranks #3,737 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
897
4 guesses
1,184
5 guesses
183
6 guesses
17
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:
ELOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
29%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

298
265
156
144
128
125
114
107
91
59
53
49
47
43
43
41
37
29
29
25
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17
17
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LOMES:

13% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
11% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
7% chance
Suggested:
SAUNT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.6% →
TRAIN 5.99 bits
11.2% →
TIARE 5.52 bits
6.6% →
SAUNT 5.35 bits
6.1% →
FLAIL 4.96 bits
5.4% →
APRON 5.02 bits
5.3% →
AIDER 4.20 bits
4.8% →
STAIR 4.79 bits
4.5% →
DEALT 4.52 bits
3.9% →
NORTH 4.14 bits
2.5% →
STALL 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1M3E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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