5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SOKES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of soke

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 SOKES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SOKES 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 79.8% of games, misses completely in 20.2%, and leaves about 233 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,433 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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__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 REATE TALON RAILE CLARY SLART
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.12 Entropy (bits)
233 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SOKES 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,433 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SOKES ranks #13,433 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
651
4 guesses
1,290
5 guesses
347
6 guesses
28

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
39%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

62 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

477
418
194
193
158
116
79
73
70
69
57
45
45
36
32
29
19
17
15
15
14
14
13
12
11
11
10
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SOKES:

20% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
18% chance
Suggested:
REATE
8% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.2% →
TRAIL 5.95 bits
17.7% →
REATE 5.50 bits
8.2% →
TALON 5.06 bits
8.2% →
RAILE 4.32 bits
6.7% →
CLARY 4.44 bits
4.9% →
SLART 4.66 bits
3.3% →
PLANE 4.37 bits
3.1% →
DRONE 4.43 bits
3.0% →
TRASH 4.74 bits
2.9% →
CAULK 5.01 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1O1K5E1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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