5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SHOGI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈʃoʊɡiː/

Noun

Japanese chess; a board game similar to chess, invented and traditionally played in Japan.

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 SHOGI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SHOGI 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 77.6% of games, misses completely in 22.4%, and leaves about 212 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,891 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___I S in the 1st position and I in the 5th position S__G_ S in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _H__I H in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

ALTER TALER PLATE CLADE PRATE RANCE
Words starting with S Words ending with I

First-turn measures

4.44 Entropy (bits)
212 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 48% of evaluated openers
1.51 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHOGI 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,891 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHOGI ranks #6,891 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
862
4 guesses
1,211
5 guesses
219
6 guesses
15
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
2 vowels
Common:
IOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
30%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

528
302
220
154
103
94
83
81
64
50
50
45
43
39
38
33
32
29
29
27
23
22
19
16
14
13
12
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHOGI:

22% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
13% chance
Suggested:
TALER
9% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.4% →
ALTER 6.03 bits
12.8% →
TALER 5.47 bits
9.3% →
TALER 5.46 bits
6.5% →
PLATE 5.34 bits
4.4% →
CLADE 4.52 bits
4.0% →
PRATE 5.34 bits
3.5% →
RANCE 5.02 bits
3.4% →
GLARE 5.10 bits
2.7% →
PLATE 4.33 bits
2.1% →
POINT 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1H4O1G2I1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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