5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SOKOL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

A surname.

Noun

A Czech gymnastic society, once associated with Czech nationalism; a branch or member of this organisation.

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 SOKOL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SOKOL 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 68.8% of games, misses completely in 31.2%, and leaves about 308 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,307 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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___L S in the 1st position and L in the 5th position S__O_ S in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _O__L O in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE RAILE TRINE TRUCE PEART CARNE
Words starting with S Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.01 Entropy (bits)
308 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 23% of evaluated openers
1.94 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SOKOL 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,307 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SOKOL ranks #11,307 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
762
4 guesses
1,239
5 guesses
290
6 guesses
26
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:
LOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
37%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

735
263
177
144
136
134
90
69
62
45
37
35
33
33
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28
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SOKOL:

31% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
11% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
8% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.2% →
TIARE 6.28 bits
11.2% →
RAILE 5.42 bits
7.5% →
TIARE 5.30 bits
6.1% →
TIARE 5.38 bits
5.8% →
TRINE 5.45 bits
5.7% →
TRUCE 4.77 bits
3.8% →
PEART 4.63 bits
2.9% →
CARNE 5.06 bits
2.6% →
TARRE 4.42 bits
1.9% →
THALE 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1O1K5O1L1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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