5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LOVES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /lʌvz/

Noun

plural of love

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of love

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 LOVES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LOVES 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 85.2% of games, misses completely in 14.8%, and leaves about 150 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,294 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.

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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

TRAIN TIARE STAIR FLAIL APRON EATER
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.75 Entropy (bits)
150 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LOVES 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
0.72 Volatility
#7,294 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LOVES ranks #7,294 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
811
4 guesses
1,211
5 guesses
241
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
28%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

350
280
179
150
143
127
116
114
113
64
51
49
49
41
41
33
28
27
25
23
21
21
19
13
13
13
12
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LOVES:

15% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
12% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
8% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.8% →
TRAIN 5.95 bits
11.9% →
TIARE 5.54 bits
7.6% →
STAIR 5.24 bits
6.4% →
FLAIL 4.79 bits
6.1% →
APRON 5.04 bits
5.4% →
EATER 4.36 bits
4.9% →
STAIR 4.83 bits
4.8% →
REATE 4.60 bits
4.8% →
NORTH 4.17 bits
2.7% →
STALL 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1O1V4E1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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