5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SCRAB

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /skɹæb/

Verb

To scrape or scratch.

Noun

A crabapple.

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 SCRAB performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SCRAB 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 83.4% of games, misses completely in 16.6%, and leaves about 156 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,108 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___B S in the 1st position and B in the 5th position S__A_ S in the 1st position and A in the 4th position

Try next

TOILE ALANE CLINE TIARE HOISE LEANT
Words starting with S Words ending with B

First-turn measures

4.74 Entropy (bits)
156 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 68% of evaluated openers
1.21 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SCRAB 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,108 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SCRAB ranks #3,108 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
952
4 guesses
1,159
5 guesses
179
6 guesses
12
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
1 vowels
Common:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
28%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

392
239
235
154
133
128
81
78
69
64
55
53
50
50
39
34
34
32
28
25
24
23
18
17
16
15
14
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SCRAB:

17% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
ALANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.6% →
TOILE 6.11 bits
10.1% →
TOILE 5.18 bits
10.0% →
ALANE 5.35 bits
6.5% →
TOILE 5.09 bits
5.6% →
CLINE 5.24 bits
5.4% →
TIARE 4.52 bits
3.4% →
HOISE 4.97 bits
3.3% →
TOILE 5.18 bits
2.9% →
LEANT 4.44 bits
2.7% →
CHANT 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1C3R1A1B3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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