5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SOAKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of soak

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of soak

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 SOAKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SOAKS 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 75.3% of games, misses completely in 24.7%, and leaves about 256 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,002 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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__K_ S in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE TALER CRUET TRIDE TRIPE BARON
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.10 Entropy (bits)
256 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SOAKS 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#12,002 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SOAKS ranks #12,002 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
30
3 guesses
730
4 guesses
1,267
5 guesses
301
6 guesses
22

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
39%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

582
357
187
186
149
130
88
71
56
55
44
41
40
30
28
27
23
22
17
15
15
13
11
11
8
8
8
8
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SOAKS:

25% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
15% chance
Suggested:
TALER
8% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.7% →
TRINE 5.99 bits
15.1% →
TALER 5.47 bits
7.9% →
TRINE 5.36 bits
7.9% →
CRUET 4.52 bits
6.3% →
TRIDE 5.06 bits
5.5% →
TRIPE 5.01 bits
3.7% →
BARON 4.59 bits
3.0% →
CRUET 5.04 bits
2.4% →
TRIPE 3.76 bits
2.3% →
PEART 3.74 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1O1A1K5S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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