5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

LUCKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /lʌks/

Noun

plural of luck

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of luck

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 LUCKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts LUCKS 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 70.8% of games, misses completely in 29.2%, and leaves about 298 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,203 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___S L in the 1st position and S in the 5th position L__K_ L in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE RAILE TIARE TRONE THALE MORNE
Words starting with L Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.07 Entropy (bits)
298 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How LUCKS 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
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,203 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, LUCKS ranks #7,203 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
858
4 guesses
1,203
5 guesses
227
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
LSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
16%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

689
284
282
169
103
80
76
53
49
40
39
37
34
29
28
26
26
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing LUCKS:

29% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
12% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.2% →
ROATE 6.14 bits
12.0% →
RAILE 5.39 bits
12.0% →
TIARE 5.83 bits
7.2% →
TIARE 5.66 bits
4.4% →
TRONE 5.41 bits
3.4% →
THALE 4.82 bits
3.2% →
MORNE 4.32 bits
2.2% →
TIARE 4.66 bits
2.1% →
SHUNT 4.42 bits
1.7% →
ALINE 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

L1U1C3K5S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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