5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

SCAMP

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈskæmp//ˈskeə̯mp//ˈskɛə̯mp/

Noun

A rascal, swindler, or rogue; a ne'er-do-well.

Noun

A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.

“My nephew is a little scamp who likes to leave lighted firecrackers under the lawnchairs of his dozing elders.”

Verb

To skimp; to do something in a skimpy or slipshod fashion.

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 SCAMP performs as a guess

SCAMP 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 74.9% of games, misses completely in 25.1%, and leaves about 231 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,504 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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__M_ S in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _C__P C in the 2nd position and P in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TALER TRINE TRIDE RUOTE RIONE
Words starting with S Words ending with P

First-turn measures

4.44 Entropy (bits)
231 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 47% of evaluated openers
1.51 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SCAMP 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#2,504 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SCAMP ranks #2,504 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
932
4 guesses
1,199
5 guesses
151
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:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
29%
All gray
25%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SCAMP in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

592
293
170
141
107
107
86
79
68
53
48
47
41
40
37
35
25
21
20
19
18
14
14
14
14
13
13
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SCAMP:

25% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
12% chance
Suggested:
TALER
7% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.1% →
TOILE 6.06 bits
12.4% →
TALER 5.64 bits
7.2% →
TOILE 5.28 bits
6.0% →
TRINE 5.12 bits
4.5% →
TRIDE 5.05 bits
4.5% →
RUOTE 5.63 bits
3.6% →
RIONE 5.22 bits
3.4% →
ROUET 5.20 bits
2.9% →
TONER 4.43 bits
2.2% →
MORNE 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1C3A1M3P3
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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