5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LORAN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

A surname.

Noun

Alternative letter-case form of LORAN.

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 LORAN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LORAN 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 90.2% of games, misses completely in 9.8%, and leaves about 97 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #384 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 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___N L in the 1st position and N in the 5th position L__A_ L in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__N O in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

HEIST SHITE TRIED STILE TRACE STALE
Words starting with L Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.35 Entropy (bits)
97 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 96% of evaluated openers
0.60 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LORAN 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#384 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LORAN ranks #384 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
88
3 guesses
1,026
4 guesses
1,048
5 guesses
172
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALNOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
30%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

122 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

232
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129
123
111
79
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LORAN:

10% chance
Suggested:
HEIST
8% chance
Suggested:
SHITE
7% chance
Suggested:
TRIED

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.8% →
HEIST 6.04 bits
8.1% →
SHITE 5.40 bits
7.2% →
TRIED 5.26 bits
6.4% →
STILE 5.24 bits
5.5% →
TRACE 4.66 bits
5.2% →
SHITE 5.27 bits
4.7% →
STALE 4.69 bits
3.4% →
SHOTE 4.34 bits
3.3% →
CRUET 4.41 bits
3.2% →
SPITE 5.18 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1R1A1N1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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