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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

SOBER

Yes, SOBER was the Wordle answer on April 2, 2026 (Wordle #1748).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊ.bə(ɹ)//ˈsoʊ.bɚ/

Adjective

Not drunk; not intoxicated.

Adjective

Not under the influence of any recreational drug.

Verb

To make or become sober.

“His expression sobered.”

Verb

To overcome or lose a state of intoxication.

“It took him hours to sober up.”

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: April 2, 2026 (#1748).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How SOBER performs as a guess

SOBER 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 86.4% of games, misses completely in 13.6%, and leaves about 117 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,911 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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___R S in the 1st position and R in the 5th position S__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__R O in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

PAINT LIANE TRAIL TRACE SLANT TODAY
Words starting with S Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.21 Entropy (bits)
117 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 92% of evaluated openers
0.74 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SOBER 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
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#3,911 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SOBER ranks #3,911 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
80
3 guesses
899
4 guesses
1,143
5 guesses
219
6 guesses
12
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:
EORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
41%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S M O C K
S O B E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SOBER in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

109 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

321
245
144
130
123
105
84
84
73
63
62
62
45
44
41
34
33
32
32
30
24
24
23
21
20
19
18
18
18
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SOBER:

14% chance
Suggested:
PAINT
10% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
6% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.6% →
PAINT 5.73 bits
10.4% →
LIANE 5.39 bits
6.1% →
TRAIL 5.09 bits
5.5% →
TRACE 4.83 bits
5.2% →
SLANT 4.72 bits
4.5% →
TODAY 3.93 bits
3.6% →
LEANT 3.44 bits
3.6% →
TALON 4.95 bits
3.1% →
PLANE 4.43 bits
2.7% →
CROWN 4.03 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1O1B3E1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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