5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LOOMS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of loom

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of loom

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 LOOMS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LOOMS 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 70.8% of games, misses completely in 29.2%, and leaves about 303 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,475 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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__M_ L in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE RAILE TRUCE CANER SALLE MAIRE
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.02 Entropy (bits)
303 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 23% of evaluated openers
1.93 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LOOMS 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,475 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LOOMS ranks #10,475 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
782
4 guesses
1,206
5 guesses
298
6 guesses
20
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
LOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
28%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

688
311
294
113
99
87
85
77
52
45
39
35
34
32
28
27
24
23
21
15
14
13
12
12
11
11
9
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LOOMS:

29% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
13% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
12% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.2% →
TIARE 6.30 bits
13.2% →
TIARE 5.70 bits
12.5% →
RAILE 5.42 bits
4.8% →
TRUCE 4.79 bits
4.2% →
CANER 5.21 bits
3.7% →
SALLE 4.60 bits
3.6% →
MAIRE 5.12 bits
3.3% →
TRINE 4.61 bits
2.2% →
TIARE 4.72 bits
1.9% →
CRUET 4.17 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1O1M3S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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