5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

LOVAT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /lʌˈvæt//ˈlʌ.vət/

Noun

A dusty blue-green colour.

Adjective

Of a dusty blue-green colour.

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 LOVAT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LOVAT 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 83.1% of games, misses completely in 16.9%, and leaves about 156 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,319 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___T L in the 1st position and T in the 5th position L__A_ L in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__T O in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SIREN SACRE SLIER CRINE SHIRE GRONE
Words starting with L Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.81 Entropy (bits)
156 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 72% of evaluated openers
1.14 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LOVAT 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#4,319 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LOVAT ranks #4,319 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
924
4 guesses
1,116
5 guesses
227
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:
ALOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
31%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

399
274
167
139
137
122
116
105
80
52
49
49
48
48
37
35
26
25
25
23
19
18
18
17
16
16
14
13
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LOVAT:

17% chance
Suggested:
SIREN
12% chance
Suggested:
SACRE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.9% →
SIREN 6.04 bits
11.6% →
SACRE 5.36 bits
7.1% →
SLIER 5.03 bits
5.9% →
CRINE 5.45 bits
5.8% →
SHIRE 5.44 bits
5.2% →
GRONE 4.47 bits
4.9% →
SLANE 4.42 bits
4.5% →
TARTE 4.94 bits
3.4% →
SIREN 5.31 bits
2.2% →
MANOR 4.80 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1V4A1T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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