5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SCURS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of scur

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 SCURS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SCURS 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 73.4% of games, misses completely in 26.6%, and leaves about 284 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,399 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___S S in the 1st position and S in the 5th position S__R_ S in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _C__S C in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ALONE DAINE NAICE PLATE GUILT TOILE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.01 Entropy (bits)
284 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 23% of evaluated openers
1.94 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SCURS 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,399 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SCURS ranks #10,399 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
803
4 guesses
1,213
5 guesses
273
6 guesses
28
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:
RSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
28%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

627
393
185
185
121
94
89
76
57
50
45
37
32
31
24
23
22
19
18
15
14
14
13
12
11
10
10
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SCURS:

27% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
17% chance
Suggested:
DAINE
8% chance
Suggested:
NAICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.6% →
ALONE 6.14 bits
16.7% →
DAINE 5.41 bits
7.8% →
NAICE 5.31 bits
7.8% →
PLATE 5.55 bits
5.1% →
GUILT 4.76 bits
4.0% →
TOILE 5.09 bits
3.8% →
COATE 5.02 bits
3.2% →
BEATY 4.80 bits
2.4% →
THALE 4.42 bits
2.1% →
RUMOR 4.31 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1C3U1R1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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