5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LOTIC

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Characterized by flowing water; swiftly flowing; concerned with flowing rivers, streams, etc.

Adjective

Living in flowing water; adapted to life in flowing water.

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 LOTIC performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LOTIC 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 83.7% of games, misses completely in 16.3%, and leaves about 139 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #812 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___C L in the 1st position and C in the 5th position L__I_ L in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _O__C O in the 2nd position and C in the 5th position

Try next

RANSE SABLE REAST SNIDE BRANE CRANE
Words starting with L Words ending with C

First-turn measures

4.92 Entropy (bits)
139 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 79% of evaluated openers
1.02 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LOTIC 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
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#812 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LOTIC ranks #812 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
1,009
4 guesses
1,111
5 guesses
154
6 guesses
14
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:
ILOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
25%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

385
190
178
170
131
119
112
82
72
63
50
44
44
44
43
41
38
36
33
33
32
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27
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13
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LOTIC:

16% chance
Suggested:
RANSE
8% chance
Suggested:
SABLE
8% chance
Suggested:
REAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.3% →
RANSE 6.01 bits
8.1% →
SABLE 5.31 bits
7.5% →
REAST 5.64 bits
7.2% →
SNIDE 5.37 bits
5.6% →
BRANE 5.34 bits
5.0% →
CRANE 5.59 bits
4.7% →
SARED 4.54 bits
3.5% →
SHIRE 4.77 bits
3.1% →
SALLE 4.44 bits
2.7% →
SHORE 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1T1I1C3
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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