5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SLOES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of sloe

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 SLOES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SLOES 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 84.7% of games, misses completely in 15.3%, and leaves about 152 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,915 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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___S S in the 1st position and S in the 5th position S__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

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TRAIN TIARE RAINY AIDER STANK DEALT
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.74 Entropy (bits)
152 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SLOES 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#9,915 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SLOES ranks #9,915 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
770
4 guesses
1,229
5 guesses
269
6 guesses
27

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
42%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

361
306
196
141
125
106
100
74
69
62
60
57
49
47
47
43
42
40
35
33
29
27
21
16
14
14
13
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SLOES:

15% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
13% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
8% chance
Suggested:
RAINY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.3% →
TRAIN 5.96 bits
13.0% →
TIARE 5.51 bits
8.3% →
RAINY 4.94 bits
6.0% →
AIDER 4.17 bits
5.3% →
RAINY 4.85 bits
4.5% →
STANK 4.67 bits
4.2% →
DEALT 4.52 bits
3.1% →
FRONT 3.92 bits
2.9% →
PARTE 4.49 bits
2.6% →
TRASH 4.68 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1L1O1E1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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