5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SHOUD

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% 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 SHOUD performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SHOUD 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 74.3% of games, misses completely in 25.7%, and leaves about 225 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,332 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___D S in the 1st position and D in the 5th position S__U_ S in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _H__D H in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TALER PLATE PLANE CARTE BRANE
Words starting with S Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.51 Entropy (bits)
225 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 52% of evaluated openers
1.44 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHOUD 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#4,332 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHOUD ranks #4,332 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
920
4 guesses
1,177
5 guesses
191
6 guesses
14
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:
OSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
32%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

605
219
169
157
119
100
97
95
51
51
48
44
39
35
32
31
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27
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHOUD:

26% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
TALER
7% chance
Suggested:
PLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.7% →
RAILE 6.10 bits
9.3% →
TALER 5.41 bits
7.2% →
PLATE 5.46 bits
6.7% →
PLANE 4.97 bits
5.0% →
RAILE 5.48 bits
4.2% →
TALER 5.33 bits
4.1% →
CARTE 5.28 bits
4.0% →
BRANE 4.63 bits
2.2% →
ARIEL 4.68 bits
2.2% →
TRICE 5.04 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1H4O1U1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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