5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SCHUL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of shul (“Ashkenazic synagogue”).

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 SCHUL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SCHUL 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 73.5% of games, misses completely in 26.5%, and leaves about 240 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,015 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___L S in the 1st position and L in the 5th position S__U_ S in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _C__L C in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

RAINE RAILE PARTE CRANE GRONE TIARE
Words starting with S Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.36 Entropy (bits)
240 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 43% of evaluated openers
1.59 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SCHUL 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,015 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SCHUL ranks #5,015 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
925
4 guesses
1,145
5 guesses
215
6 guesses
17
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:
LSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
25%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

624
244
149
147
134
116
109
90
73
53
46
41
41
33
31
29
26
22
20
19
19
18
18
18
14
13
12
12
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SCHUL:

26% chance
Suggested:
RAINE
10% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
6% chance
Suggested:
PARTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.5% →
RAINE 6.12 bits
10.3% →
RAILE 5.26 bits
6.3% →
PARTE 5.50 bits
6.2% →
CRANE 5.44 bits
5.7% →
GRONE 5.09 bits
4.9% →
TIARE 5.46 bits
4.6% →
TIARE 5.56 bits
3.8% →
PORAE 4.53 bits
3.1% →
TIARE 4.99 bits
2.2% →
TUILE 4.20 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1C3H4U1L1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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