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SCOUT

Yes, SCOUT was the Wordle answer on June 6, 2023 (Wordle #717).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈskaʊ̯t//ˈskɐʊ̯t//ˈskʌʊ̯t/

Noun

A person sent out to gather and bring back information; especially, one employed in war to gain information about the enemy and ground.

Noun

An act of scouting or reconnoitering.

Verb

To explore a wide terrain, as if on a search.

Verb

To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.

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: June 6, 2023 (#717).

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

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How SCOUT performs as a guess

SCOUT 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 78.2% of games, misses completely in 21.8%, and leaves about 174 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #934 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.

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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__U_ S in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _C__T C in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE MARLE CRANE TARTE PARLE PLANE
Words starting with S Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.86 Entropy (bits)
174 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 76% of evaluated openers
1.08 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SCOUT 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
0.68 Volatility
#934 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SCOUT ranks #934 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
1,010
4 guesses
1,107
5 guesses
160
6 guesses
14
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:
OSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
34%
All gray
22%

Example solver route

R O A T E
P U N C H
C L O U T
S C O U T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SCOUT in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

513
183
154
146
128
116
93
73
71
50
49
48
41
30
29
29
29
28
28
27
25
24
23
22
22
22
20
17
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SCOUT:

22% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
8% chance
Suggested:
MARLE
7% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.8% →
RAILE 6.26 bits
7.8% →
MARLE 5.12 bits
6.5% →
CRANE 5.57 bits
6.2% →
TARTE 5.56 bits
5.4% →
PARLE 5.27 bits
4.9% →
PLANE 4.87 bits
3.9% →
BRANE 4.74 bits
3.1% →
RAILE 5.07 bits
3.0% →
ARIEL 4.87 bits
2.1% →
TONER 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1C3O1U1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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