5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SOFTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of soft

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 SOFTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SOFTS 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 68.0% of games, misses completely in 32.0%, and leaves about 324 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,436 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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__T_ S in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TIARE CRANE PARLE CARLE PAIRE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.91 Entropy (bits)
324 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 19% of evaluated openers
2.04 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SOFTS 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#9,436 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SOFTS ranks #9,436 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
782
4 guesses
1,278
5 guesses
241
6 guesses
14
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
1 vowels
Common:
OST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
34%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

754
246
207
175
159
88
83
72
64
57
42
38
35
24
22
20
19
17
16
14
14
13
13
13
13
12
11
11
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SOFTS:

32% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
10% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
9% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.0% →
RAILE 6.26 bits
10.4% →
TIARE 5.55 bits
8.8% →
CRANE 5.43 bits
7.4% →
PARLE 5.38 bits
6.7% →
CARLE 4.71 bits
3.7% →
PAIRE 5.24 bits
3.5% →
RAILE 5.21 bits
3.1% →
LEANT 4.69 bits
2.7% →
RAILE 4.68 bits
2.4% →
ARIEL 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1O1F4T1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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