5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SHOJO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 79.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈʃəʊˌd͡ʒəʊ//ˈʃoʊˌd͡ʒoʊ/

Noun

A style of anime and manga intended for young women.

Adjective

Being in the style of shōjo manga or anime.

Noun

A creature in Japanese folklore, often depicted as a sea spirit with red hair and a fondness for alcohol.

Alternative forms: shōjo, shoujo

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 SHOJO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SHOJO 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 58.1% of games, misses completely in 41.9%, and leaves about 493 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,131 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.91 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___O S in the 1st position and O in the 5th position _H__O H in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TALER PLANE TARSE CARTE TRICE
Words starting with S Words ending with O

First-turn measures

3.31 Entropy (bits)
493 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
79.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 4% of evaluated openers
2.64 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHOJO 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.

3.91 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#14,131 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHOJO ranks #14,131 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
25
3 guesses
610
4 guesses
1,308
5 guesses
371
6 guesses
40
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:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
58%
Green tile
29%
All gray
42%

Feedback distribution

52 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

989
256
235
148
128
103
64
44
41
39
37
34
32
32
16
13
13
11
11
11
11
10
9
7
6
6
5
5
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHOJO:

42% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
11% chance
Suggested:
TALER
10% chance
Suggested:
PLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

41.9% →
RAILE 6.23 bits
10.9% →
TALER 5.23 bits
10.0% →
PLANE 5.36 bits
6.3% →
TARSE 5.43 bits
5.4% →
CARTE 5.25 bits
4.4% →
PLANE 4.60 bits
2.7% →
TRICE 5.09 bits
1.9% →
TRUCE 4.36 bits
1.7% →
LATER 4.17 bits
1.7% →
REACT 4.00 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1H4O1J8O1
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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