5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SLUIT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of sloot.

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.

Why this solver ranks SLUIT highly

This solver ranks SLUIT highly because it separates the possible answers well, even though it is not itself a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 80.9% of games, misses completely in 19.1%, and leaves about 142 possible answers on average.

In the current bounded six-turn policy, it ranks #92 of 182 evaluated openers; exact misses rank first, then average guesses among wins.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #89 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.55 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___T S in the 1st position and T in the 5th position S__I_ S in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _L__T L in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

CARNE DRONE LABEL TARTE CARPE MORNE
Words starting with S Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.20 Entropy (bits)
142 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 92% of evaluated openers
0.75 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SLUIT 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.

3.55 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#89 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SLUIT ranks #89 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
1,104
4 guesses
1,014
5 guesses
159
6 guesses
11
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:
ILSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
40%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

120 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

450
171
170
130
110
94
75
63
56
55
51
48
41
39
34
33
30
28
27
27
25
22
22
22
22
22
20
19
18
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SLUIT:

19% chance
Suggested:
CARNE
7% chance
Suggested:
DRONE
7% chance
Suggested:
LABEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.1% →
CARNE 6.17 bits
7.3% →
DRONE 5.46 bits
7.2% →
LABEL 5.22 bits
5.5% →
TARTE 5.44 bits
4.7% →
CARPE 5.29 bits
4.0% →
MORNE 4.65 bits
3.2% →
BRACE 4.85 bits
2.7% →
PHARE 4.98 bits
2.4% →
RAILE 4.15 bits
2.3% →
TITHE 4.29 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1L1U1I1T1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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