5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LOUGH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /lɑx//lɔː//lɒk/

Noun

A lake or long, narrow inlet, especially in Ireland.

Noun

lake, pool

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 LOUGH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LOUGH 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 74.4% of games, misses completely in 25.6%, and leaves about 238 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,595 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___H L in the 1st position and H in the 5th position L__G_ L in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _O__H O in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE RAISE TRONE SIREN TARSE STARE
Words starting with L Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.40 Entropy (bits)
238 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 45% of evaluated openers
1.55 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LOUGH 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,595 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LOUGH ranks #7,595 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
862
4 guesses
1,188
5 guesses
233
6 guesses
24
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:
LOU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
26%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

603
281
204
130
123
119
81
62
59
58
38
36
36
35
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30
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26
22
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LOUGH:

26% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
12% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.6% →
TIARE 6.16 bits
11.9% →
RAISE 5.29 bits
8.7% →
TRONE 5.32 bits
5.5% →
SIREN 5.10 bits
5.2% →
TARSE 4.75 bits
5.0% →
STARE 5.67 bits
3.4% →
TRIPE 5.08 bits
2.6% →
CANOE 4.11 bits
2.5% →
CARTE 4.81 bits
2.5% →
STANE 4.68 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1U1G2H4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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