5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SCHWA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ʃwɑ//ʃwə//ʃwʌ/

Noun

An indeterminate central vowel sound as the "a" in "about", represented as /ə/ in IPA.

Noun

The name of the Latin script letter Ə/ə.

Verb

To be reduced to schwa.

Alternative forms: shwa, schwə

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 SCHWA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SCHWA 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 282 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,819 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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___A S in the 1st position and A in the 5th position S__W_ S in the 1st position and W in the 4th position _C__A C in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE ALTER TUILE CRINE RUOTE TONER
Words starting with S Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.03 Entropy (bits)
282 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 24% of evaluated openers
1.92 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SCHWA 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,819 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SCHWA ranks #9,819 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
782
4 guesses
1,266
5 guesses
252
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:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
20%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

624
421
147
139
110
95
94
77
66
65
61
49
37
35
31
29
21
20
18
18
15
14
13
11
11
9
9
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SCHWA:

26% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
18% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
6% chance
Suggested:
TUILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.5% →
RIONE 5.98 bits
17.9% →
ALTER 5.41 bits
6.2% →
TUILE 5.21 bits
5.9% →
CRINE 5.33 bits
4.7% →
RUOTE 5.58 bits
4.0% →
TONER 5.39 bits
4.0% →
CRINE 4.73 bits
3.3% →
LEANT 4.69 bits
2.8% →
RIONE 4.35 bits
2.8% →
ALATE 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1C3H4W4A1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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