5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SLOYD

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /slɔɪd/

Noun

A Scandinavian system of handicraft-based education that emphasizes the importance of practical, hands-on work to develop cognitive and problem-solving skills. In particular, it is often associated with woodworking and carving, but can include other crafts as well.

Noun

A knife for carving.

Alternative forms: slojd, slöjd

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 SLOYD performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SLOYD 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 79.1% of games, misses completely in 20.9%, and leaves about 179 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,573 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___D S in the 1st position and D in the 5th position S__Y_ S in the 1st position and Y in the 4th position _L__D L in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

TRACE CARET RAINE PEART TIARE URATE
Words starting with S Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.66 Entropy (bits)
179 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SLOYD 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#3,573 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SLOYD ranks #3,573 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
951
4 guesses
1,165
5 guesses
181
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
LOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
32%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

494
200
180
175
138
111
94
84
71
52
50
48
48
44
39
37
34
33
28
28
21
19
19
17
16
15
15
13
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SLOYD:

21% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
8% chance
Suggested:
CARET
8% chance
Suggested:
RAINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.9% →
TRACE 6.47 bits
8.5% →
CARET 5.44 bits
7.6% →
RAINE 5.30 bits
7.4% →
PEART 5.41 bits
5.8% →
TIARE 4.83 bits
4.7% →
URATE 5.35 bits
4.0% →
CRANE 4.88 bits
3.6% →
RAINE 5.31 bits
3.0% →
PRATE 4.66 bits
2.2% →
TALER 4.21 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1L1O1Y4D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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