5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LOTES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of lote

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 LOTES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LOTES 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 90.3% of games, misses completely in 9.7%, and leaves about 91 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #802 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__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

CAIRN DEARE FLAIL ACORN SHARP TRAIN
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.38 Entropy (bits)
91 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 97% of evaluated openers
0.56 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LOTES 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
#802 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LOTES ranks #802 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
81
3 guesses
985
4 guesses
1,117
5 guesses
152
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:
ELOST

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

228
207
131
111
110
103
102
95
85
79
77
67
52
49
42
40
38
33
33
32
31
31
30
30
27
26
22
21
18
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LOTES:

10% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN
9% chance
Suggested:
DEARE
6% chance
Suggested:
FLAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.7% →
CAIRN 5.87 bits
8.8% →
DEARE 5.46 bits
5.6% →
FLAIL 4.83 bits
4.7% →
ACORN 5.09 bits
4.7% →
SHARP 5.09 bits
4.4% →
TRAIN 5.27 bits
4.3% →
RAINY 4.31 bits
4.0% →
RAILE 4.45 bits
3.6% →
REATE 4.82 bits
3.4% →
PEARE 4.62 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1T1E1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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