5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SCOUG

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

Alternative form of scug.

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 SCOUG performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SCOUG 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 74.9% of games, misses completely in 25.1%, and leaves about 231 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,643 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___G S in the 1st position and G in the 5th position S__U_ S in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _C__G C in the 2nd position and G in the 5th position

Try next

TALER CHARE PLATE PARLE RAINE TARSE
Words starting with S Words ending with G

First-turn measures

4.35 Entropy (bits)
231 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 42% of evaluated openers
1.60 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SCOUG 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,643 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SCOUG ranks #6,643 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
863
4 guesses
1,218
5 guesses
210
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:
OSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
27%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

592
213
199
192
139
124
107
94
54
49
48
35
35
35
33
32
31
25
22
18
15
15
14
13
13
13
11
10
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SCOUG:

25% chance
Suggested:
TALER
9% chance
Suggested:
TALER
8% chance
Suggested:
CHARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.1% →
TALER 6.15 bits
9.0% →
TALER 5.37 bits
8.4% →
CHARE 5.52 bits
8.1% →
PLATE 5.39 bits
5.9% →
PARLE 4.98 bits
5.3% →
RAINE 5.48 bits
4.5% →
TARSE 5.48 bits
4.0% →
TRADE 4.66 bits
2.3% →
CANER 4.63 bits
2.1% →
PARTE 3.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1C3O1U1G2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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