5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

UNLAW

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Absence of law; lawlessness.

Verb

To deprive of the authority or character of law.

Verb

To put beyond the protection of the law; to outlaw.

Noun

A crime, an illegal action.

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 UNLAW performs as a guess

Wordle accepts UNLAW 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 79.5% of games, misses completely in 20.5%, and leaves about 212 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,891 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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.

U__A_ U in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _N__W N in the 2nd position and W in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE TARSE CORSE TOISE SLIER STARE
Words starting with U Words ending with W

First-turn measures

4.31 Entropy (bits)
212 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 39% of evaluated openers
1.64 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How UNLAW 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#7,891 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, UNLAW ranks #7,891 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
830
4 guesses
1,240
5 guesses
230
6 guesses
11
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:
ALNU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
16%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

484
343
208
165
159
126
97
62
59
55
53
48
42
39
30
28
28
27
26
25
25
18
15
14
13
12
12
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing UNLAW:

21% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
15% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
9% chance
Suggested:
CORSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.5% →
TORSE 6.18 bits
14.5% →
TARSE 5.63 bits
8.8% →
CORSE 5.43 bits
7.0% →
TOISE 5.41 bits
6.7% →
SLIER 5.12 bits
5.3% →
STARE 4.72 bits
4.1% →
TRICE 4.64 bits
2.6% →
SLICE 4.19 bits
2.5% →
SHORE 5.05 bits
2.3% →
CEDAR 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1N1L1A1W4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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