5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SCADS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of scad

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 SCADS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SCADS 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 73.9% of games, misses completely in 26.1%, and leaves about 269 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,499 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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.

S___S S in the 1st position and S in the 5th position S__D_ S in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _C__S C in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TALER CRINE TRINE DINER RUOTE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.00 Entropy (bits)
269 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SCADS 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#10,499 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SCADS ranks #10,499 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
752
4 guesses
1,298
5 guesses
255
6 guesses
14

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
30%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

62 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

615
335
193
184
160
109
108
82
60
54
48
43
39
34
27
25
21
16
15
12
12
11
10
9
8
8
7
7
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SCADS:

26% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
14% chance
Suggested:
TALER
8% chance
Suggested:
CRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.1% →
TOILE 6.07 bits
14.2% →
TALER 5.58 bits
8.2% →
CRINE 5.31 bits
7.8% →
TRINE 5.11 bits
6.8% →
DINER 5.47 bits
4.6% →
RUOTE 5.50 bits
4.6% →
TRINE 4.97 bits
3.5% →
CARET 4.54 bits
2.5% →
MOIRE 4.52 bits
2.3% →
LEANT 3.83 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1C3A1D2S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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