5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SLOPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of slop (“rubber thong sandals”)

Noun

plural of slop (“scraps fed to animals; household wastewater”)

“I don't mind slopping the hogs, but I don't like the stench of the slops.”

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of slop

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 SLOPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SLOPS 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 286 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,165 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___S S in the 1st position and S in the 5th position S__P_ S in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE TONER RAILE THANE URATE PRICE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.09 Entropy (bits)
286 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 27% of evaluated openers
1.86 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SLOPS 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,165 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SLOPS ranks #9,165 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
804
4 guesses
1,233
5 guesses
248
6 guesses
22
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
1 vowels
Common:
LOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
32%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

688
257
240
155
102
95
92
90
75
45
43
40
33
30
27
25
23
23
20
18
18
15
12
12
12
12
12
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SLOPS:

29% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
11% chance
Suggested:
TONER
10% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.2% →
TIARE 6.30 bits
10.9% →
TONER 5.39 bits
10.2% →
RAILE 5.39 bits
6.6% →
THANE 5.25 bits
4.3% →
URATE 5.41 bits
4.0% →
PRICE 5.32 bits
3.9% →
BRACE 4.91 bits
3.8% →
BRANE 4.72 bits
3.2% →
LOYAL 4.14 bits
1.9% →
CARET 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1L1O1P3S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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