5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SCRAN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /skɹan/

Noun

Food, especially that of an inferior quality; grub.

“Let we gan and get some scran. Aw’m starvin man!”

Noun

Refuse; rubbish.

Verb

To eat.

Verb

To steal in a mischievous manner; pinch, nick.

Alternative forms: skran

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 SCRAN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SCRAN 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 86.7% of games, misses completely in 13.3%, and leaves about 117 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #426 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 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___N S in the 1st position and N in the 5th position S__A_ S in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _C__N C in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE ALATE TUILE TOUSE BEFIT BELOW
Words starting with S Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.16 Entropy (bits)
117 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SCRAN 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#426 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SCRAN ranks #426 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
1,056
4 guesses
1,056
5 guesses
162
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ANRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
31%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

313
215
189
127
124
110
103
80
69
54
53
53
52
51
47
40
39
38
32
32
28
28
26
24
16
16
15
15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SCRAN:

13% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
9% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
8% chance
Suggested:
ALATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.3% →
TOILE 6.07 bits
9.1% →
TOILE 5.26 bits
8.0% →
ALATE 5.34 bits
5.4% →
TOILE 5.31 bits
5.3% →
ALATE 4.55 bits
4.7% →
TUILE 5.22 bits
4.4% →
TUILE 5.20 bits
3.4% →
TOUSE 4.94 bits
2.9% →
TOILE 4.42 bits
2.3% →
ALATE 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1C3R1A1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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