5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SKOOL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Deliberate misspelling of school.

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 SKOOL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SKOOL 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 68.8% of games, misses completely in 31.2%, and leaves about 312 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,461 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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___L S in the 1st position and L in the 5th position S__O_ S in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _K__L K in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE RAILE RONTE PEART TRINE CRATE
Words starting with S Words ending with L

First-turn measures

3.99 Entropy (bits)
312 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 22% of evaluated openers
1.96 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SKOOL 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,461 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SKOOL ranks #11,461 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
758
4 guesses
1,232
5 guesses
299
6 guesses
26
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:
LOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
33%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

735
263
198
177
144
90
72
72
62
45
41
36
35
32
31
28
25
23
19
17
14
11
10
9
9
9
9
8
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SKOOL:

31% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
11% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
8% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.2% →
TIARE 6.28 bits
11.2% →
RAILE 5.42 bits
8.4% →
RONTE 5.21 bits
7.5% →
TIARE 5.30 bits
6.1% →
TIARE 5.38 bits
3.8% →
PEART 4.63 bits
3.1% →
TRINE 4.66 bits
3.1% →
CRATE 5.06 bits
2.6% →
TARRE 4.42 bits
1.9% →
THALE 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1K5O1O1L1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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