5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

SOAPY

SOAPY is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊpi//ˈsoʊpi/

Adjective

Literal senses:

“Bases dissolve skin oils and have a soapy feel to them.”

Adjective

Resembling a soap opera.

Noun

An erotic massage that involves lots of soap and body contact.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 SOAPY performs as a guess

SOAPY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 82.4% of games, misses completely in 17.6%, and leaves about 152 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,594 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___Y S in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position S__P_ S in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE LATER DRICE TRUCE TRIDE ACTOR
Words starting with S Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.88 Entropy (bits)
152 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 77% of evaluated openers
1.07 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SOAPY 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
0.69 Volatility
#3,594 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SOAPY ranks #3,594 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
915
4 guesses
1,176
5 guesses
181
6 guesses
16
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:
AOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
48%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
L O A M Y
S O A P Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SOAPY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

415
258
160
139
125
107
101
82
66
64
64
60
47
43
34
34
33
29
29
27
24
23
20
20
19
17
17
15
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SOAPY:

18% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
11% chance
Suggested:
LATER
7% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.6% →
TRINE 6.13 bits
10.9% →
LATER 5.53 bits
6.8% →
TRINE 5.24 bits
5.9% →
DRICE 4.91 bits
5.3% →
TRUCE 4.83 bits
4.5% →
TRINE 5.07 bits
4.3% →
TRIDE 4.37 bits
3.5% →
ACTOR 4.30 bits
2.8% →
CRUET 5.06 bits
2.7% →
PRICE 5.10 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1O1A1P3Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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