5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SHOON

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of shoe

Alternative forms: shoen, shoone

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 SHOON performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SHOON 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 68.6% of games, misses completely in 31.4%, and leaves about 299 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,409 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___N S in the 1st position and N in the 5th position S__O_ S in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _H__N H in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TIARE PLATE TALER TARSE CARTE
Words starting with S Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.20 Entropy (bits)
299 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHOON 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#8,409 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHOON ranks #8,409 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
831
4 guesses
1,207
5 guesses
238
6 guesses
27

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
NOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
34%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

741
212
173
164
133
101
71
54
51
50
47
46
37
37
34
30
30
25
21
16
16
15
15
13
12
11
11
11
11
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHOON:

31% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
7% chance
Suggested:
PLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.4% →
RAILE 6.26 bits
9.0% →
TIARE 5.42 bits
7.3% →
PLATE 5.52 bits
7.0% →
TALER 4.97 bits
5.6% →
TARSE 5.42 bits
4.3% →
CARTE 5.27 bits
3.0% →
PLATE 4.48 bits
2.3% →
TRICE 5.06 bits
2.2% →
LIANE 4.29 bits
2.1% →
ARIEL 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1H4O1O1N1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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