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SCOLD

Yes, SCOLD was the Wordle answer on February 1, 2023 (Wordle #592).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈskəʊ̯ld//ˈskɵ̞ʊ̯ld//ˈskoʊ̯ld/

Noun

A person who habitually scolds, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.

Verb

To rebuke angrily.

“I advise that you refrain from using that kind of language at home, lest your mother scold you.”

Verb

Of birds, to make harsh vocalisations in aggression.

Alternative forms: scould, scolde

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: February 1, 2023 (#592).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How SCOLD performs as a guess

SCOLD 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 80.7% of games, misses completely in 19.3%, and leaves about 167 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,141 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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___D S in the 1st position and D in the 5th position S__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _C__D C in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE RAINE RONTE PEART REAST PRATE
Words starting with S Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.72 Entropy (bits)
167 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 66% of evaluated openers
1.23 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SCOLD 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.66 Volatility
#1,141 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SCOLD ranks #1,141 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
1,011
4 guesses
1,124
5 guesses
162
6 guesses
7
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:
LOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
32%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SCOLD in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

454
203
176
172
163
126
110
69
67
52
51
48
44
42
42
39
33
30
29
26
19
19
18
16
16
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15
14
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SCOLD:

19% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
9% chance
Suggested:
RAINE
7% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.3% →
TIARE 6.26 bits
8.6% →
RAINE 5.40 bits
7.5% →
TIARE 5.70 bits
7.3% →
RONTE 5.39 bits
6.9% →
PEART 5.44 bits
5.3% →
REAST 5.45 bits
4.7% →
RAINE 5.47 bits
2.9% →
PRATE 4.72 bits
2.8% →
WAITE 4.71 bits
2.2% →
CARNE 4.66 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1C3O1L1D2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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