5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LOONS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of loon

Noun

Synonym of loon pants.

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 LOONS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LOONS 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 75.6% of games, misses completely in 24.4%, and leaves about 236 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,639 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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__N_ L in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE RAILE STARE CARTE PATER SALLE
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.34 Entropy (bits)
236 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 41% of evaluated openers
1.61 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LOONS 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,639 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LOONS ranks #6,639 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
893
4 guesses
1,169
5 guesses
227
6 guesses
19
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:
LNOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
32%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

575
277
274
160
97
86
85
73
52
44
43
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LOONS:

24% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
12% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
STARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.4% →
TIARE 6.29 bits
11.7% →
RAILE 5.49 bits
11.6% →
STARE 5.74 bits
6.8% →
TIARE 5.26 bits
4.1% →
CARTE 4.80 bits
3.6% →
PATER 5.03 bits
3.6% →
SALLE 4.72 bits
3.1% →
TARGE 4.91 bits
2.2% →
TRADE 4.64 bits
1.9% →
TIARE 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1O1N1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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