5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LOTAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of lota

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 LOTAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LOTAS 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 87.6% of games, misses completely in 12.4%, and leaves about 106 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #596 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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__A_ L in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

DINER CADRE DRICE SPIER THEIR CRINE
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.22 Entropy (bits)
106 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 93% of evaluated openers
0.73 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LOTAS 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#596 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LOTAS ranks #596 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
77
3 guesses
1,013
4 guesses
1,082
5 guesses
166
6 guesses
15
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:
ALOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
26%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

111 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

292
209
132
124
121
107
106
98
85
81
67
54
44
42
41
40
36
36
34
33
30
30
29
28
28
27
25
25
17
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LOTAS:

12% chance
Suggested:
DINER
9% chance
Suggested:
CADRE
6% chance
Suggested:
DRICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.4% →
DINER 6.03 bits
8.9% →
CADRE 5.34 bits
5.6% →
DRICE 5.01 bits
5.3% →
SPIER 5.45 bits
5.1% →
THEIR 5.38 bits
4.5% →
CRINE 5.30 bits
4.5% →
CRONE 4.36 bits
4.2% →
RAINE 4.35 bits
3.6% →
TRINE 4.74 bits
3.4% →
CHARE 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1T1A1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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