5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SCROD

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /skɹɑd//skɹɒd/

Noun

Any cod, pollock, haddock, or other whitefish.

Verb

To shred.

Verb

simple past and past participle of screw (“have sex”)

Alternative forms: schrod, escrod, scrode

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 SCROD performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SCROD 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 81.8% of games, misses completely in 18.2%, and leaves about 157 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,643 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___D S in the 1st position and D in the 5th position S__O_ S in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _C__D C in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

LIANE LEANT NAICE TOILE HASTE ANILE
Words starting with S Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.80 Entropy (bits)
157 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 72% of evaluated openers
1.15 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SCROD 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#2,643 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SCROD ranks #2,643 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
953
4 guesses
1,163
5 guesses
169
6 guesses
13
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)
82%
Green tile
30%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

428
239
166
154
151
111
90
84
66
57
53
48
41
40
39
38
36
35
31
31
27
19
19
19
17
17
16
15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SCROD:

18% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
10% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
7% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.2% →
LIANE 6.17 bits
10.1% →
LEANT 5.41 bits
7.0% →
LEANT 5.40 bits
6.5% →
NAICE 5.30 bits
6.4% →
TOILE 5.05 bits
4.7% →
HASTE 5.15 bits
3.8% →
ANILE 5.14 bits
3.6% →
WRATE 4.07 bits
2.8% →
CRATE 4.89 bits
2.4% →
MATEY 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1C3R1O1D2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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