5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SCOGS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 SCOGS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SCOGS 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 68.1% of games, misses completely in 31.9%, and leaves about 339 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,529 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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___S S in the 1st position and S in the 5th position S__G_ S in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _C__S C in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TIARE TALER PLATE TARSE TRADE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.72 Entropy (bits)
339 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SCOGS 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#11,529 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SCOGS ranks #11,529 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
30
3 guesses
735
4 guesses
1,293
5 guesses
272
6 guesses
23

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
28%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

57 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

753
252
248
220
130
125
104
64
52
48
34
29
28
26
22
19
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8
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4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SCOGS:

32% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
11% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
11% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.9% →
RAILE 6.22 bits
10.7% →
TIARE 5.58 bits
10.5% →
TALER 5.28 bits
9.3% →
PLATE 5.37 bits
5.5% →
RAILE 5.43 bits
5.3% →
TARSE 5.47 bits
4.4% →
TRADE 4.70 bits
2.7% →
CARNE 4.70 bits
2.2% →
PEART 3.78 bits
2.0% →
DAINE 4.45 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1C3O1G2S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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