5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SCULL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /skʌl//skʊl/

Noun

A single oar mounted at the stern of a boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward.

Noun

One of a pair of oars handled by a single rower.

Verb

To row a boat using a scull or sculls.

Verb

To skate while keeping both feet in contact with the ground or ice.

Alternative forms: skol, skull

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 SCULL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SCULL 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 68.7% of games, misses completely in 31.3%, and leaves about 307 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,327 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___L S in the 1st position and L in the 5th position S__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _C__L C in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

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ROATE TIARE PARTE RONTE PEART GRATE
Words starting with S Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.07 Entropy (bits)
307 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 26% of evaluated openers
1.87 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SCULL 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,327 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SCULL ranks #8,327 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
850
4 guesses
1,195
5 guesses
248
6 guesses
19
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
LSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
32%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

738
221
195
182
138
133
77
55
54
43
38
31
31
24
22
22
21
19
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18
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SCULL:

31% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
9% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
8% chance
Suggested:
PARTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.3% →
ROATE 6.12 bits
9.4% →
TIARE 5.64 bits
8.3% →
PARTE 5.44 bits
7.7% →
TIARE 5.28 bits
5.9% →
ROATE 5.57 bits
5.6% →
RONTE 4.98 bits
3.3% →
PEART 4.55 bits
2.3% →
GRATE 4.64 bits
2.3% →
DAINE 4.65 bits
1.8% →
CLEAN 4.45 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1C3U1L1L1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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