5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LOOFA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of loofah.

Verb

Alternative spelling of loofah.

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 LOOFA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LOOFA 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 75.5% of games, misses completely in 24.5%, and leaves about 281 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,506 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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___A L in the 1st position and A in the 5th position L__F_ L in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _O__A O in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SIREN TARSE STANE SLIER CRUET TRINE
Words starting with L Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.00 Entropy (bits)
281 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LOOFA 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,506 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LOOFA ranks #11,506 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
729
4 guesses
1,244
5 guesses
311
6 guesses
19

Composition

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
ALO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
28%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

578
455
186
185
138
106
85
55
53
37
33
32
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28
27
22
22
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LOOFA:

25% chance
Suggested:
SIREN
19% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
8% chance
Suggested:
STANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.5% →
SIREN 6.07 bits
19.3% →
TARSE 5.62 bits
7.9% →
STANE 4.51 bits
7.8% →
SLIER 4.98 bits
5.8% →
CRUET 4.80 bits
4.5% →
TRINE 4.89 bits
3.6% →
TENOR 5.18 bits
2.3% →
MANOR 4.74 bits
2.2% →
SIDER 4.69 bits
1.6% →
MAIRE 4.24 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1O1F4A1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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