5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SHOAT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ʃəʊt/

Noun

A weaned piglet; any piglet.

Noun

A sheep–goat hybrid (whether artificially produced or the result of animals from these species naturally intermating).

Alternative forms: shote

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 SHOAT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SHOAT 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 83.6% of games, misses completely in 16.4%, and leaves about 134 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,133 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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___T S in the 1st position and T in the 5th position S__A_ S in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _H__T H in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

LINER RAILE ROULE CLINE CRINE TRITE
Words starting with S Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.22 Entropy (bits)
134 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHOAT 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,133 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHOAT ranks #1,133 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
1,039
4 guesses
1,056
5 guesses
181
6 guesses
19

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
40%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

386
283
164
93
89
71
70
66
60
55
48
46
45
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39
29
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHOAT:

16% chance
Suggested:
LINER
12% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
7% chance
Suggested:
ROULE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.4% →
LINER 5.95 bits
12.0% →
RAILE 5.30 bits
7.0% →
ROULE 4.94 bits
3.9% →
CLINE 5.10 bits
3.8% →
CRINE 4.39 bits
3.0% →
TRITE 5.18 bits
3.0% →
RENAL 4.61 bits
2.8% →
TARTE 4.59 bits
2.5% →
URINE 4.75 bits
2.3% →
MANOR 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1H4O1A1T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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