5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SCAUP

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /skɔːp/

Noun

Any of three species of small diving duck in the genus Aythya.

Noun

Alternative form of scalp (“a bed or stratum of shellfish”).

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 SCAUP performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SCAUP 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 78.0% of games, misses completely in 22.0%, and leaves about 199 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,300 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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__U_ S in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _C__P C in the 2nd position and P in the 5th position

Try next

TONER TALER RONTE CRINE TRINE TRIDE
Words starting with S Words ending with P

First-turn measures

4.61 Entropy (bits)
199 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 59% of evaluated openers
1.34 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SCAUP 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#2,300 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SCAUP ranks #2,300 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
938
4 guesses
1,182
5 guesses
156
6 guesses
13
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:
ASU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
30%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

518
310
145
132
118
114
81
77
76
51
51
49
42
42
35
35
34
31
29
26
24
23
19
16
14
12
11
11
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SCAUP:

22% chance
Suggested:
TONER
13% chance
Suggested:
TALER
6% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.0% →
TONER 6.04 bits
13.1% →
TALER 5.57 bits
6.1% →
RONTE 5.12 bits
5.6% →
CRINE 5.28 bits
5.0% →
TRINE 5.16 bits
4.8% →
TRIDE 5.01 bits
3.4% →
CATER 4.48 bits
3.3% →
PINEY 5.16 bits
3.2% →
TRONE 5.24 bits
2.2% →
LUNCH 4.29 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1C3A1U1P3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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