5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SLOMO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of slo-mo.

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 SLOMO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SLOMO 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 70.8% of games, misses completely in 29.2%, and leaves about 281 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,655 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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___O S in the 1st position and O in the 5th position S__M_ S in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _L__O L in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE RAILE THANE RONTE TARSE CRANE
Words starting with S Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.14 Entropy (bits)
281 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 29% of evaluated openers
1.81 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SLOMO 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,655 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SLOMO ranks #9,655 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
812
4 guesses
1,201
5 guesses
278
6 guesses
20
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
LOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
34%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

688
245
190
186
136
101
85
77
59
45
40
37
35
35
28
26
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SLOMO:

29% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
10% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
8% chance
Suggested:
THANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.2% →
TIARE 6.30 bits
10.4% →
RAILE 5.39 bits
8.1% →
THANE 5.28 bits
7.9% →
RONTE 5.23 bits
5.8% →
TARSE 5.43 bits
4.3% →
CRANE 4.86 bits
3.6% →
MAIRE 5.12 bits
3.3% →
TRINE 4.61 bits
2.5% →
LOYAL 4.11 bits
1.9% →
THALE 4.33 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1L1O1M3O1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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