5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SIROC

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /sɪˈɹɒk/

Noun

Synonym of sirocco.

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 SIROC performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SIROC 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 85.8% of games, misses completely in 14.2%, and leaves about 119 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #626 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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___C S in the 1st position and C in the 5th position S__O_ S in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _I__C I in the 2nd position and C in the 5th position

Try next

LEANT ALINE PLATE POTAE TRIED DEALT
Words starting with S Words ending with C

First-turn measures

5.11 Entropy (bits)
119 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 88% of evaluated openers
0.84 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SIROC 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#626 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SIROC ranks #626 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
1,053
4 guesses
1,057
5 guesses
172
6 guesses
13
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:
IORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
34%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

335
200
169
133
122
109
96
91
85
84
55
54
52
49
35
34
32
32
31
30
28
24
22
22
21
20
18
17
17
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SIROC:

14% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
8% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
7% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.2% →
LEANT 5.95 bits
8.5% →
LEANT 5.31 bits
7.2% →
LEANT 4.99 bits
5.6% →
ALINE 5.59 bits
5.2% →
PLATE 5.33 bits
4.6% →
LEANT 5.39 bits
4.1% →
POTAE 4.18 bits
3.9% →
PLATE 5.26 bits
3.6% →
LEANT 4.46 bits
3.6% →
TRIED 4.86 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1I1R1O1C3
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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