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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

SLOPE

Yes, SLOPE was the Wordle answer on December 23, 2023 (Wordle #917).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /sloʊp//sləʊp/

Noun

A surface that either inclines or declines in a regular manner from the perspective of an observer.

“the slope”

Noun

An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.

“I had to climb a small slope to get to the site.”

Verb

To tend steadily upward or downward.

“The road slopes sharply down at that point.”

Verb

To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.

“to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment”

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: December 23, 2023 (#917).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How SLOPE performs as a guess

SLOPE 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 87.2% of games, misses completely in 12.8%, and leaves about 114 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #707 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

S___E S in the 1st position and E in the 5th position S__P_ S in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _L__E L in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN DETER RAINY REACT STANK RENAL
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.29 Entropy (bits)
114 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 95% of evaluated openers
0.66 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SLOPE 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#707 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SLOPE ranks #707 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
89
3 guesses
961
4 guesses
1,136
5 guesses
155
6 guesses
12
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:
ELOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
42%
All gray
13%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SLOPE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

122 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

301
253
175
134
112
92
88
65
62
61
53
46
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SLOPE:

13% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
11% chance
Suggested:
DETER
7% chance
Suggested:
RAINY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.8% →
TRAIN 5.97 bits
10.7% →
DETER 5.53 bits
7.4% →
RAINY 4.91 bits
5.7% →
REACT 4.57 bits
4.7% →
RAINY 4.80 bits
3.9% →
STANK 4.64 bits
3.7% →
RENAL 4.60 bits
2.8% →
TRASH 4.58 bits
2.6% →
MOVER 4.09 bits
2.6% →
BRANE 3.88 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1L1O1P3E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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