5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SCOTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of scot

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 SCOTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SCOTS 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 264 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,965 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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__T_ S in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _C__S C in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE MORNE ARIEL PARLE BRANE RAISE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.15 Entropy (bits)
264 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 30% of evaluated openers
1.80 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SCOTS 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,965 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SCOTS ranks #7,965 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
833
4 guesses
1,229
5 guesses
231
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
OST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
30%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

651
216
212
197
151
99
84
73
68
65
59
56
34
27
26
21
21
21
18
18
16
16
15
13
12
12
12
12
12
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SCOTS:

28% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
MORNE
9% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.6% →
RAILE 6.31 bits
9.2% →
MORNE 5.21 bits
9.0% →
ARIEL 5.70 bits
8.4% →
RAILE 5.57 bits
6.4% →
PARLE 5.32 bits
4.2% →
BRANE 4.69 bits
3.6% →
RAISE 5.23 bits
3.1% →
LEANT 4.61 bits
2.9% →
FAIRE 4.57 bits
2.8% →
TENOR 4.45 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1C3O1T1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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