5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SLOTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of slot

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of slot

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 SLOTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SLOTS 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 77.2% of games, misses completely in 22.8%, and leaves about 207 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,734 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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__T_ S in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAINE RAILE CARET MORNE CARNE CRANE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.46 Entropy (bits)
207 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 49% of evaluated openers
1.49 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SLOTS 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,734 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SLOTS ranks #6,734 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
882
4 guesses
1,176
5 guesses
229
6 guesses
18
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:
LOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
35%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

537
220
208
202
132
94
87
72
68
66
63
61
47
34
33
31
27
22
20
18
18
17
16
16
14
14
14
12
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SLOTS:

23% chance
Suggested:
RAINE
9% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
CARET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.8% →
RAINE 6.13 bits
9.3% →
RAILE 5.44 bits
8.8% →
CARET 5.51 bits
8.6% →
MORNE 5.29 bits
5.6% →
CARNE 5.32 bits
4.0% →
CRANE 4.75 bits
3.7% →
CRANE 4.76 bits
3.1% →
PAIRE 5.07 bits
2.9% →
NOIRE 4.28 bits
2.8% →
LOYAL 4.12 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1L1O1T1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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