5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SOGER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊd͡ʒə//ˈsoʊd͡ʒɚ/

Noun

A poor or lazy hand on a sailing vessel.

Noun

Pronunciation spelling of soldier, representing nonstandardly-pronounced English, sojer.

Verb

To shirk; to neglect one's work.

Alternative forms: sojer

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 SOGER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SOGER 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 87.0% of games, misses completely in 13.0%, and leaves about 110 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,700 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___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

PLAIT DEALT TRAIL PEART STALK HOTLY
Words starting with S Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.27 Entropy (bits)
110 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 94% of evaluated openers
0.68 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SOGER 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,700 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SOGER ranks #2,700 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
936
4 guesses
1,144
5 guesses
192
6 guesses
10
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)
87%
Green tile
41%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

109 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

306
230
144
128
115
98
84
82
69
69
65
63
48
45
44
44
41
34
32
27
26
25
24
21
20
19
19
19
19
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SOGER:

13% chance
Suggested:
PLAIT
10% chance
Suggested:
DEALT
6% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.0% →
PLAIT 5.69 bits
9.8% →
DEALT 5.62 bits
6.1% →
TRAIL 5.10 bits
5.4% →
PEART 4.69 bits
4.9% →
STALK 4.68 bits
4.2% →
HOTLY 3.93 bits
3.6% →
LAIDE 3.40 bits
3.5% →
TALON 4.90 bits
2.9% →
ALINE 4.23 bits
2.9% →
PLATE 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1O1G2E1R1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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