5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SCRAY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A tern; the sea swallow.

Alternative forms: scraye

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 SCRAY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SCRAY 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 86.1% of games, misses completely in 13.9%, and leaves about 134 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,967 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___Y S in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position S__A_ S in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _C__Y C in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE ALANE CLINE TRADE HOISE LANCE
Words starting with S Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.96 Entropy (bits)
134 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 81% of evaluated openers
0.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SCRAY 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,967 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SCRAY ranks #3,967 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
943
4 guesses
1,134
5 guesses
201
6 guesses
18
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)
86%
Green tile
39%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

328
244
216
132
131
130
127
66
62
57
54
53
52
50
43
34
32
30
29
27
23
21
19
17
17
17
17
14
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SCRAY:

14% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
9% chance
Suggested:
ALANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.9% →
TOILE 6.23 bits
10.3% →
TOILE 5.24 bits
9.2% →
ALANE 5.39 bits
5.6% →
TOILE 5.05 bits
5.6% →
CLINE 5.23 bits
5.5% →
TRADE 4.42 bits
5.4% →
TOILE 4.30 bits
2.8% →
HOISE 4.88 bits
2.6% →
LANCE 4.36 bits
2.4% →
THALE 4.39 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1C3R1A1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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