Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

SKROO

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

No dictionary definition for SKROO is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use SKROO in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 87.8% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How SKROO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SKROO 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 72.1% of games, misses completely in 27.9%, and leaves about 292 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #12,179 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe SKROO used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.00 Entropy (bits)
292 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.8% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How SKROO 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.96% Solved within six
0.72 Spread of game lengths
#12,179 Rank among openers
Opening with SKROO left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.72 means those games clustered within about 0.72 of a guess of the 3.82 average. It ranks #12,179 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
743
4 guesses
1,231
5 guesses
317
6 guesses
29

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
28%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

SKROO can come back 65 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

666 answers
359 answers
195 answers
176 answers
128 answers
108 answers
75 answers
72 answers
43 answers
43 answers
38 answers
36 answers
35 answers
34 answers
32 answers
27 answers
26 answers
26 answers
24 answers
20 answers
19 answers
18 answers
14 answers
12 answers
12 answers
12 answers
11 answers
10 answers
10 answers
7 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1K5R1O1O1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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

Strategy after playing SKROO

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to SKROO.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SKROO:

28% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
15% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
8% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.9% →
LIANE 6.11 bits
15.1% →
ARIEL 5.16 bits
8.2% →
LEANT 5.01 bits
7.4% →
LEANT 5.38 bits
5.4% →
LEAST 5.20 bits
4.5% →
WRATE 4.07 bits
3.1% →
CAGEY 4.60 bits
3.0% →
CLINE 5.10 bits
1.8% →
LEANT 4.30 bits
1.8% →
TRACE 4.28 bits

Research on SKROO

Game-tree analysis and word research for SKROO, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with SKROO, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.82 guesses and ranks #11,435 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 3.96 guesses at best and is rank #5,522 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.82, at or below the proven-optimal 3.82, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).