5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SCROB

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To scratch.

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 SCROB performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SCROB 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 80.1% of games, misses completely in 19.9%, and leaves about 183 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,968 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___B S in the 1st position and B in the 5th position S__O_ S in the 1st position and O in the 4th position

Try next

LIANE ARIEL LEANT TONAL NAICE HASTE
Words starting with S Words ending with B

First-turn measures

4.58 Entropy (bits)
183 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 57% of evaluated openers
1.37 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SCROB 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
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,968 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SCROB ranks #3,968 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
925
4 guesses
1,186
5 guesses
178
6 guesses
15
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:
ORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
27%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

470
268
187
170
154
101
95
80
69
56
54
44
42
37
34
34
33
32
29
19
19
19
19
17
17
17
16
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SCROB:

20% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
11% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
8% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.9% →
LIANE 6.20 bits
11.4% →
ARIEL 5.18 bits
7.9% →
LEANT 5.42 bits
7.2% →
TONAL 5.06 bits
6.5% →
NAICE 5.38 bits
4.3% →
HASTE 5.18 bits
4.0% →
TRADE 4.26 bits
3.4% →
ALINE 5.23 bits
2.9% →
CRATE 4.83 bits
2.4% →
MATEY 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1C3R1O1B3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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