5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SOCES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 SOCES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SOCES 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 83.1% of games, misses completely in 16.9%, and leaves about 182 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,719 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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___S S in the 1st position and S in the 5th position S__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position SO_ES S in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL TIARE LATER TALON CAIRN SLANT
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.48 Entropy (bits)
182 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 51% of evaluated openers
1.47 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SOCES 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,719 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SOCES ranks #10,719 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
752
4 guesses
1,246
5 guesses
277
6 guesses
27
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
40%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

399
355
177
172
132
126
122
80
79
69
65
51
42
40
34
32
30
25
17
16
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SOCES:

17% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
15% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
8% chance
Suggested:
LATER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.9% →
TRAIL 5.96 bits
15.1% →
TIARE 5.44 bits
7.5% →
LATER 4.42 bits
7.3% →
TALON 5.08 bits
5.6% →
CAIRN 5.29 bits
5.3% →
SLANT 4.71 bits
5.2% →
LAIRY 4.15 bits
3.4% →
REATE 4.98 bits
3.4% →
PLATE 4.49 bits
2.9% →
TRASH 4.73 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1O1C3E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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