5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

SCALP

SCALP is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /skælp/

Noun

The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.

Noun

A victory, especially at the expense of someone else.

Verb

To remove the scalp (part of the head from where the hair grows), by brutal act or accident.

Verb

To resell, especially tickets, usually for an inflated price, often illegally.

“Tickets were being scalped for $300.”

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 SCALP performs as a guess

SCALP is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 79.4% of games, misses completely in 20.6%, and leaves about 168 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #607 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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___P S in the 1st position and P in the 5th position S__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _C__P C in the 2nd position and P in the 5th position

Try next

TONER CRINE GOIER TRINE RUOTE RONTE
Words starting with S Words ending with P

First-turn measures

4.85 Entropy (bits)
168 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 75% of evaluated openers
1.09 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SCALP 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#607 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SCALP ranks #607 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
1,014
4 guesses
1,128
5 guesses
140
6 guesses
12
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
1 vowels
Common:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
32%
All gray
21%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
A D A P T
S C A L P

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SCALP in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

485
228
138
135
117
105
101
82
81
69
61
42
37
36
34
34
31
29
27
26
21
20
19
19
19
19
18
15
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SCALP:

21% chance
Suggested:
TONER
10% chance
Suggested:
TONER
6% chance
Suggested:
CRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.6% →
TONER 6.18 bits
9.7% →
TONER 5.45 bits
5.9% →
CRINE 5.40 bits
5.7% →
GOIER 5.08 bits
5.0% →
TRINE 5.21 bits
4.5% →
RUOTE 5.51 bits
4.3% →
RONTE 4.63 bits
3.5% →
POIRE 5.06 bits
3.4% →
TRIDE 4.96 bits
2.9% →
TRODE 4.30 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1C3A1L1P3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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