5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SLOOM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /sluːm/

Noun

A gentle sleep; slumber.

Verb

To sleep lightly, to doze, to nod; to be half-asleep.

Verb

To soften or rot with damp. (of plants or soil)

Alternative forms: sloum, sleam

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 SLOOM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SLOOM 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 279 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,727 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___M S in the 1st position and M in the 5th position S__O_ S in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _L__M L in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE RAILE THANE RONTE TARSE MAIRE
Words starting with S Words ending with M

First-turn measures

4.18 Entropy (bits)
279 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 31% of evaluated openers
1.77 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SLOOM 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
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,727 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SLOOM ranks #9,727 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
790
4 guesses
1,222
5 guesses
272
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

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

688
245
190
164
136
109
101
77
52
48
45
38
37
33
28
25
21
20
17
16
15
13
12
11
11
11
11
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SLOOM:

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
7.0% →
RONTE 5.29 bits
5.8% →
TARSE 5.43 bits
4.6% →
MAIRE 5.21 bits
4.3% →
CRANE 4.86 bits
3.3% →
TRINE 4.61 bits
2.2% →
LOYAL 3.87 bits
2.0% →
CARET 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1L1O1O1M3
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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