5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

SLOOP

SLOOP is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 88.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /sluːp/

Noun

A single-masted sailboat with only one headsail.

Noun

A sailing warship, smaller than a frigate, with its guns all on one deck.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 SLOOP performs as a guess

SLOOP is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 70.8% of games, misses completely in 29.2%, and leaves about 276 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,744 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___P S in the 1st position and P in the 5th position S__O_ S in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _L__P L in the 2nd position and P in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE RAILE RONTE THANE PAIRE BRACE
Words starting with S Words ending with P

First-turn measures

4.24 Entropy (bits)
276 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 35% of evaluated openers
1.71 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SLOOP 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,744 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SLOOP ranks #7,744 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
836
4 guesses
1,208
5 guesses
237
6 guesses
19
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%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N K
S L O O P

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SLOOP in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

688
240
183
164
130
104
92
67
60
57
41
37
36
30
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27
23
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SLOOP:

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

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.2% →
TIARE 6.30 bits
10.2% →
RAILE 5.39 bits
7.8% →
RONTE 5.24 bits
7.0% →
THANE 5.31 bits
5.5% →
TIARE 5.36 bits
4.4% →
PAIRE 5.32 bits
3.9% →
BRACE 4.91 bits
2.8% →
CRANE 4.82 bits
2.5% →
LOYAL 3.82 bits
2.4% →
CARNE 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1L1O1O1P3
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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