5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

SOCLE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsoʊkəl/

Noun

A low plinth or pedestal used to display a statue or other artwork.

Noun

A plain face or plinth at the foot of a wall.

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 SOCLE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SOCLE 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 89.2% of games, misses completely in 10.8%, and leaves about 96 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #575 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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___E S in the 1st position and E in the 5th position S__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN DETER APRON GRATE PLAIN RENAL
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.42 Entropy (bits)
96 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 97% of evaluated openers
0.53 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SOCLE 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#575 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SOCLE ranks #575 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
88
3 guesses
968
4 guesses
1,141
5 guesses
141
6 guesses
15
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:
ELOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
46%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

116 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

254
235
128
119
100
95
95
94
86
70
49
45
42
41
40
38
36
33
32
32
31
31
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27
23
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20

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SOCLE:

11% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
10% chance
Suggested:
DETER
5% chance
Suggested:
APRON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.8% →
TRAIN 5.88 bits
10.0% →
DETER 5.42 bits
5.4% →
APRON 5.09 bits
5.0% →
GRATE 4.56 bits
4.2% →
PLAIN 4.93 bits
4.0% →
RENAL 4.69 bits
4.0% →
STAIN 4.55 bits
4.0% →
CAIRN 5.24 bits
3.6% →
DONOR 3.99 bits
3.0% →
TRASH 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1O1C3L1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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