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SLANG

Yes, SLANG was the Wordle answer on November 27, 2024 (Wordle #1257).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈslæŋ/[ˈslæŋ]/ˈsleɪ̯ŋ/

Noun

Language outside of conventional usage and in the informal register.

Noun

Language that is unique to a particular profession or subject; jargon.

Verb

To sell (something, especially illegal drugs).

Verb

To vocally abuse, or shout at.

Alternative forms: slanket

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: November 27, 2024 (#1257).

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

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How SLANG performs as a guess

SLANG is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 81.6% of games, misses completely in 18.4%, and leaves about 146 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #347 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 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___G S in the 1st position and G in the 5th position S__N_ S in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _L__G L in the 2nd position and G in the 5th position

Try next

TRODE CARTE LIBEL DINER PORTE RUOTE
Words starting with S Words ending with G

First-turn measures

4.96 Entropy (bits)
146 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 81% of evaluated openers
0.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SLANG 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.66 Volatility
#347 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SLANG ranks #347 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
1,025
4 guesses
1,122
5 guesses
132
6 guesses
11
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
1 vowels
Common:
ALNS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
35%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
S L A N G

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SLANG in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

433
207
150
131
118
112
99
85
80
57
54
53
46
39
35
31
30
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SLANG:

18% chance
Suggested:
TRODE
9% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
6% chance
Suggested:
LIBEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.4% →
TRODE 6.07 bits
8.8% →
CARTE 5.41 bits
6.4% →
LIBEL 4.98 bits
5.6% →
DINER 5.05 bits
5.0% →
PORTE 5.19 bits
4.7% →
RUOTE 5.38 bits
4.2% →
CARTE 4.58 bits
3.6% →
TRUCE 5.23 bits
3.4% →
ROUET 5.22 bits
2.4% →
COURE 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1L1A1N1G2
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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