5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SCOOT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /skuːt/

Noun

A swift movement or trip

“a quick scoot to the supermarket”

Noun

A sideways shuffling or sliding motion.

Verb

To walk or travel fast; to go quickly.

Verb

To run away hastily; scram.

“You'd better scoot before my mother gets home and sees that broken window!”

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 SCOOT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SCOOT 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 72.4% of games, misses completely in 27.6%, and leaves about 251 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,457 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___T S in the 1st position and T in the 5th position S__O_ S in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _C__T C in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TARTE GRADE RAISE ARIEL BRANE
Words starting with S Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.36 Entropy (bits)
251 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SCOOT 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,457 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SCOOT ranks #6,457 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
884
4 guesses
1,170
5 guesses
232
6 guesses
16

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
36%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

651
197
177
164
155
109
103
70
57
50
47
44
37
30
30
26
26
23
23
19
18
16
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15
14
13
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12
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SCOOT:

28% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
8% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
8% chance
Suggested:
TARTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.6% →
RAILE 6.31 bits
8.4% →
RAILE 5.57 bits
7.5% →
TARTE 5.65 bits
7.0% →
RAILE 5.25 bits
6.6% →
GRADE 4.87 bits
4.6% →
RAISE 5.25 bits
4.4% →
ARIEL 5.15 bits
3.0% →
BRANE 4.74 bits
2.4% →
LIANE 4.43 bits
2.1% →
MARLE 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1C3O1O1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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