5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

LORES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of lore

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 LORES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LORES 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 90.7% of games, misses completely in 9.3%, and leaves about 85 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,170 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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

PAINT DIANE FLAIL SAINT TRAIN TRACE
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.46 Entropy (bits)
85 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 98% of evaluated openers
0.49 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LORES 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#1,170 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LORES ranks #1,170 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
90
3 guesses
966
4 guesses
1,099
5 guesses
186
6 guesses
13
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:
ELORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
91%
Green tile
32%
All gray
9%

Feedback distribution

116 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

219
168
131
125
112
112
102
93
90
80
78
64
59
39
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LORES:

9% chance
Suggested:
PAINT
7% chance
Suggested:
DIANE
6% chance
Suggested:
FLAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.3% →
PAINT 5.61 bits
7.1% →
DIANE 5.26 bits
5.6% →
FLAIL 4.75 bits
5.3% →
SAINT 5.28 bits
4.7% →
TRAIN 5.15 bits
4.7% →
TRACE 4.82 bits
4.3% →
DEALT 4.53 bits
3.9% →
SAINT 3.50 bits
3.8% →
SPATE 4.77 bits
3.4% →
MONTH 4.21 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1R1E1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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