5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SCAUR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /skɔː/

Noun

A steep cliff or bank.

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 SCAUR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SCAUR 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 85.7% of games, misses completely in 14.3%, and leaves about 121 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,227 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___R S in the 1st position and R in the 5th position S__U_ S in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _C__R C in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TRIDE STILE GUILT CLINE TARRE
Words starting with S Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.11 Entropy (bits)
121 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SCAUR 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
99.8% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,227 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SCAUR ranks #2,227 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
974
4 guesses
1,125
5 guesses
176
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ARSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
37%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

338
222
183
121
117
98
86
82
67
66
62
55
51
49
44
43
42
39
32
30
29
28
28
27
25
22
19
19
18
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SCAUR:

14% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
9% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRIDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.3% →
TOILE 6.01 bits
9.4% →
TOILE 5.26 bits
7.8% →
TRIDE 5.28 bits
5.1% →
STILE 4.99 bits
5.0% →
GUILT 4.86 bits
4.2% →
CLINE 5.11 bits
3.6% →
TARRE 4.35 bits
3.5% →
TOILE 3.78 bits
2.8% →
BLITE 4.47 bits
2.8% →
TRIDE 4.27 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1C3A1U1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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