5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

SCION

SCION is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪən//ˈsaɪ.ən//ˈsaɪ.ɑn/

Noun

A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family.

Noun

The heir to a throne.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 SCION performs as a guess

SCION is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 80.9% of games, misses completely in 19.1%, and leaves about 156 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #712 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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___N S in the 1st position and N in the 5th position S__O_ S in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _C__N C in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

TALER TRADE TILDE CRATE PLATE PRATE
Words starting with S Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.90 Entropy (bits)
156 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 78% of evaluated openers
1.04 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SCION 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#712 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SCION ranks #712 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
1,024
4 guesses
1,100
5 guesses
153
6 guesses
15
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:
INOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
33%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N K
S C I O N

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SCION in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

450
212
153
140
133
112
111
84
58
55
54
46
40
39
38
34
34
31
30
30
26
23
22
21
20
18
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16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SCION:

19% chance
Suggested:
TALER
9% chance
Suggested:
TRADE
6% chance
Suggested:
TILDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.1% →
TALER 6.07 bits
9.0% →
TRADE 5.23 bits
6.5% →
TILDE 5.35 bits
5.9% →
CRATE 5.66 bits
5.6% →
PLATE 5.37 bits
4.7% →
PRATE 5.41 bits
4.7% →
TALER 5.17 bits
3.6% →
TRADE 5.10 bits
2.5% →
CARLE 4.59 bits
2.3% →
TALER 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1C3I1O1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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