5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SCUSE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 SCUSE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SCUSE 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 78.0% of games, misses completely in 22.0%, and leaves about 231 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,110 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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___E S in the 1st position and E in the 5th position S__S_ S in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _C__E C in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TALON ALTER ARIEL CAIRN LAIRY MURAL
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.30 Entropy (bits)
231 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 38% of evaluated openers
1.65 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SCUSE 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#12,110 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SCUSE ranks #12,110 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
697
4 guesses
1,256
5 guesses
307
6 guesses
33
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
2 vowels
Common:
ESU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
40%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

518
393
185
163
135
117
82
61
58
58
45
42
33
33
30
30
26
25
22
20
20
19
16
15
15
13
13
10
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SCUSE:

22% chance
Suggested:
TALON
17% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
8% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.0% →
TALON 5.93 bits
16.7% →
ALTER 5.29 bits
7.8% →
ARIEL 4.38 bits
6.9% →
CAIRN 5.34 bits
5.7% →
LAIRY 4.71 bits
5.0% →
MURAL 4.55 bits
3.5% →
LATER 4.54 bits
2.6% →
PATER 4.01 bits
2.5% →
TRONE 4.08 bits
2.5% →
PARTE 3.70 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1C3U1S1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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