5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SCARS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /skɑɹz//skɑː(ɹ)z/

Noun

plural of scar

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of scar

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 SCARS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SCARS 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 80.0% of games, misses completely in 20.0%, and leaves about 200 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,953 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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__R_ S in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _C__S C in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE CLINE TALER TOISE BLITE CRIPE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.41 Entropy (bits)
200 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 46% of evaluated openers
1.54 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SCARS 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,953 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SCARS ranks #8,953 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
824
4 guesses
1,234
5 guesses
241
6 guesses
18
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
31%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

472
296
260
148
145
124
74
73
64
64
46
45
41
39
35
29
27
26
26
25
23
21
20
20
16
15
13
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SCARS:

20% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
13% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.0% →
TOILE 6.13 bits
12.6% →
TOILE 5.22 bits
11.0% →
TOILE 5.28 bits
6.3% →
TOILE 5.08 bits
6.1% →
CLINE 5.22 bits
5.3% →
TALER 4.65 bits
3.1% →
TOISE 4.97 bits
3.1% →
BLITE 4.53 bits
2.7% →
CRIPE 4.64 bits
2.7% →
CONTE 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1C3A1R1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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