5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SHURA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A body that provides counsel to a leader.

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 SHURA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SHURA 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 85.7% of games, misses completely in 14.3%, and leaves about 150 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,301 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___A S in the 1st position and A in the 5th position S__R_ S in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _H__A H in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE CLONE TRIER CLINE BLITE CLOTE
Words starting with S Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.92 Entropy (bits)
150 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 79% of evaluated openers
1.03 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHURA 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#5,301 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHURA ranks #5,301 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
961
4 guesses
1,057
5 guesses
244
6 guesses
33
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:
ARSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
31%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

337
299
246
179
116
108
69
65
56
50
47
39
37
33
33
32
29
29
29
26
25
23
20
20
18
17
16
16
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHURA:

14% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
13% chance
Suggested:
CLONE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.3% →
TOILE 5.92 bits
12.7% →
CLONE 5.44 bits
10.4% →
TOILE 4.99 bits
7.6% →
TRIER 4.43 bits
4.9% →
CLINE 5.19 bits
4.6% →
BLITE 4.91 bits
2.9% →
CLOTE 4.88 bits
2.8% →
LEANT 4.67 bits
2.4% →
BLITE 4.52 bits
2.1% →
RULER 4.29 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1H4U1R1A1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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