5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SCARP

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /skɑːp//skɑɹp/

Noun

The steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet.

Noun

A cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge caused by erosion or faulting; the steeper side of an escarpment.

Verb

to cut, scrape, erode, or otherwise make into a scarp or escarpment

“to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock”

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 SCARP performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SCARP 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 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 149 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #950 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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__R_ S in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _C__P C in the 2nd position and P in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE CLINE TALER TOISE POUTY BLITE
Words starting with S Words ending with P

First-turn measures

4.93 Entropy (bits)
149 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 80% of evaluated openers
1.01 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SCARP 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#950 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SCARP ranks #950 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
996
4 guesses
1,133
5 guesses
149
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:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
30%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

400
248
226
128
115
109
77
62
61
59
53
43
43
42
41
39
37
34
27
27
24
21
21
20
20
20
19
19
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SCARP:

17% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
TOILE 6.14 bits
10.5% →
TOILE 5.26 bits
9.6% →
TOILE 5.32 bits
5.4% →
CLINE 5.29 bits
4.9% →
TOILE 5.05 bits
4.6% →
TALER 4.66 bits
3.3% →
TOISE 4.94 bits
2.6% →
POUTY 4.73 bits
2.6% →
BLITE 4.47 bits
2.5% →
TOILE 4.30 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1C3A1R1P3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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