5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SCAIL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 SCAIL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SCAIL 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 84.9% of games, misses completely in 15.1%, and leaves about 121 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #176 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.56 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___L S in the 1st position and L in the 5th position S__I_ S in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _C__L C in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TONER TRONE BOULE CRONE PALET RUOTE
Words starting with S Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.18 Entropy (bits)
121 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 91% of evaluated openers
0.77 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SCAIL 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.

3.56 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#176 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SCAIL ranks #176 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
1,082
4 guesses
1,032
5 guesses
159
6 guesses
14
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:
AILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
36%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

356
208
183
111
103
99
86
84
75
59
55
46
45
45
40
38
37
37
36
36
33
33
30
28
25
23
20
20
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SCAIL:

15% chance
Suggested:
TONER
9% chance
Suggested:
TONER
8% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.1% →
TONER 6.04 bits
8.8% →
TONER 5.48 bits
7.8% →
TRONE 5.43 bits
4.7% →
BOULE 5.06 bits
4.4% →
TONER 5.14 bits
4.2% →
CRONE 5.38 bits
3.6% →
PALET 4.59 bits
3.6% →
RUOTE 5.30 bits
3.2% →
TRODE 4.81 bits
2.5% →
TILDE 4.36 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1C3A1I1L1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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