5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LOTUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈloʊtəs//ˈləʊtəs/

Noun

Any of genus Nelumbo of aquatic plants in the family Nelumbonaceae.

Noun

A water lily (Nymphaea), especially those of Egypt or India.

Alternative forms: lotos

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 LOTUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LOTUS 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 82.1% of games, misses completely in 17.9%, and leaves about 150 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,246 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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__U_ L in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAINE RAILE HEART SPAER CRANE RANCE
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.87 Entropy (bits)
150 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 76% of evaluated openers
1.08 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LOTUS 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,246 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LOTUS ranks #3,246 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
971
4 guesses
1,114
5 guesses
200
6 guesses
16
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:
LOSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
23%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

421
212
167
159
149
99
97
95
59
53
50
50
46
46
39
37
36
35
34
28
24
23
23
21
20
19
16
15
15
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LOTUS:

18% chance
Suggested:
RAINE
9% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
7% chance
Suggested:
HEART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.9% →
RAINE 6.04 bits
9.0% →
RAILE 5.37 bits
7.1% →
HEART 5.55 bits
6.7% →
SPAER 5.58 bits
6.3% →
CRANE 5.53 bits
4.2% →
RANCE 4.69 bits
4.1% →
CARNE 4.73 bits
4.0% →
PEART 4.81 bits
2.5% →
SALLE 4.49 bits
2.2% →
SAYNE 4.08 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1T1U1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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