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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

SCRAM

Yes, SCRAM was the Wordle answer on February 13, 2024 (Wordle #969).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /skɹæm/

Verb

To leave in a hurry; to go away.

“What are you kids doing on my lawn? Scram!”

Noun

A gun, firearm.

Verb

To shut down (a nuclear reactor or, by extension, some other thing) for safety reasons, usually because of an emergency.

Noun

A shutdown of a nuclear reactor (or, by extension, some other thing), often done rapidly due to an emergency.

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: February 13, 2024 (#969).

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

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How SCRAM performs as a guess

SCRAM is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 83.5% of games, misses completely in 16.5%, and leaves about 151 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,934 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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___M S in the 1st position and M in the 5th position S__A_ S in the 1st position and A in the 4th position

Try next

TOILE TIARE CLINE TOUSE POLEY LEANT
Words starting with S Words ending with M

First-turn measures

4.84 Entropy (bits)
151 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SCRAM 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,934 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SCRAM ranks #1,934 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
973
4 guesses
1,116
5 guesses
184
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
29%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C A R R Y
S C R A M

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SCRAM in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

390
245
223
141
133
129
81
71
61
60
55
53
52
51
46
33
32
31
27
27
23
17
16
16
16
15
15
14
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SCRAM:

17% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
9% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.5% →
TOILE 6.13 bits
10.4% →
TOILE 5.28 bits
9.5% →
TOILE 5.31 bits
6.0% →
TOILE 5.07 bits
5.6% →
TIARE 4.52 bits
5.5% →
CLINE 5.25 bits
3.4% →
TOUSE 5.05 bits
3.0% →
POLEY 4.96 bits
2.6% →
LEANT 4.54 bits
2.5% →
CHANT 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1C3R1A1M3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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