5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SLOAN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /sləʊn//sloʊn/

Proper noun

A surname.

Proper noun

A unisex given name.

Alternative forms: Sloane

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 SLOAN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SLOAN 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 87.1% of games, misses completely in 12.9%, and leaves about 107 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #146 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.56 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___N S in the 1st position and N in the 5th position S__A_ S in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _L__N L in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

TRIED CARTE ROUET TRICE LIBEL TABLE
Words starting with S Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.34 Entropy (bits)
107 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 96% of evaluated openers
0.61 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SLOAN 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.

3.56 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#146 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SLOAN ranks #146 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
80
3 guesses
1,043
4 guesses
1,077
5 guesses
137
6 guesses
16
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:
ALNOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
38%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

119 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

305
233
144
122
121
81
79
78
66
65
57
56
53
46
44
42
41
37
35
32
31
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27
20
20
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17
16
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SLOAN:

13% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
10% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
6% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.9% →
TRIED 6.05 bits
9.9% →
CARTE 5.56 bits
6.1% →
ROUET 5.30 bits
5.2% →
TRICE 5.20 bits
5.1% →
LIBEL 4.98 bits
3.4% →
TABLE 4.57 bits
3.4% →
TRIPE 4.99 bits
3.3% →
HEIST 4.91 bits
2.8% →
TRICE 4.62 bits
2.8% →
TRIPE 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1L1O1A1N1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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