5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SCOTE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

Abbreviation of Scottish English.

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 SCOTE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SCOTE 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 88.7% of games, misses completely in 11.3%, and leaves about 103 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,704 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___E S in the 1st position and E in the 5th position S__T_ S in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _C__E C in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

DAILY ARIEL GLARE LAIRY CAIRN TRAIL
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.33 Entropy (bits)
103 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 96% of evaluated openers
0.62 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SCOTE 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,704 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SCOTE ranks #1,704 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
77
3 guesses
960
4 guesses
1,127
5 guesses
173
6 guesses
16
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:
EOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
40%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

266
243
142
142
108
100
90
85
65
60
56
53
48
46
43
40
36
35
34
33
29
27
22
22
20
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18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SCOTE:

11% chance
Suggested:
DAILY
10% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
6% chance
Suggested:
GLARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.3% →
DAILY 5.71 bits
10.3% →
ARIEL 5.21 bits
6.0% →
GLARE 4.63 bits
6.0% →
LAIRY 4.87 bits
4.6% →
CAIRN 5.26 bits
4.2% →
TRAIL 5.36 bits
3.8% →
ARIEL 4.55 bits
3.6% →
RAINY 4.67 bits
2.8% →
DROOL 4.30 bits
2.5% →
MARSH 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1C3O1T1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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