5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SLOID

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of sloyd.

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 SLOID performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SLOID 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 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 138 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #227 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.57 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___D S in the 1st position and D in the 5th position S__I_ S in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _L__D L in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

CARTE CATER TRINE LABEL PEART PRATE
Words starting with S Words ending with D

First-turn measures

5.02 Entropy (bits)
138 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 84% of evaluated openers
0.93 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SLOID 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.

3.57 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.66 Volatility
#227 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SLOID ranks #227 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
1,047
4 guesses
1,098
5 guesses
137
6 guesses
9
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:
ILOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
37%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

401
183
182
156
133
106
80
79
72
59
55
53
50
49
37
35
33
33
33
29
29
24
22
20
19
18
16
16
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SLOID:

17% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
8% chance
Suggested:
CATER
8% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
CARTE 6.31 bits
7.8% →
CATER 5.49 bits
7.7% →
TRINE 5.53 bits
6.6% →
LABEL 5.11 bits
5.6% →
PEART 5.35 bits
4.5% →
PRATE 5.30 bits
3.4% →
PRATE 4.68 bits
3.4% →
DEARE 5.09 bits
3.1% →
CRAPE 4.88 bits
2.5% →
LOYAL 4.25 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1L1O1I1D2
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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