SOLED
SOLED is an accepted guess. Its modelled answer likelihood is possible; no globally completed appearance is recorded here.
Meaning and pronunciation
- Adjective
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Having a specified kind of sole.
“a rubber-soled shoe”
- Verb
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simple past and past participle of sole
Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.
Related meanings by dictionary sense
adjective
having a sole or soles especially as specified; used in combination
half-soled
rubber-soled
Open English WordNet, 2025 edition, CC BY 4.0. Source dictionary. Senses are kept separate; no puzzle appearance is assigned to a meaning without evidence.
In a sentence
Wear flat, rubber-soled shoes.
Use SOLED in a puzzle
As an opener, it rules out about 95.5% of possible answers.
Wordle status
Answer chance: possible. Roughly 9.86% within a year (about 1 in 10), under the model through 2026-11-05. This is an estimate, not a publisher forecast. How this is calculated.
Playable guess
YesIncluded in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.
Earlier benchmark pool
NoMembership in the preserved uniform benchmark; it is not a future eligibility rule.
Past Wordle answer
No completed appearanceNo appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.
The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.
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See what the public sample says →How SOLED performs as a guess
Wordle accepts SOLED as a guess. It is outside this preserved uniform benchmark’s answer pool; that is not a claim about future eligibility.
Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 87.7% of games, misses completely in 12.3%, and leaves about 108 possible answers on average.
In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #1,509 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 guesses in games solved within six turns.
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Useful pattern pages
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First-turn measures
All four describe SOLED used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.
As an opening guess: previous benchmark
How SOLED 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.
Composition
Feedback chances
When SOLED is useful later
SOLED tied for the smallest expected survivor count in 2 of 54 sampled positions where it was legal. This designed sample is not a measure of how often real players should use it.
After ADIEU: 4 candidates, normal mode
ADIEU: 02000 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).
Remaining answers: ODDLY, ODOOM, ODORS, ODYLS.
With a budget of 5 more guesses, SOLED is an information probe, outside this survivor list. It leaves 1.00 candidates on average under the model. Every feedback identifies a single candidate; another turn may be needed to submit it.
Try this position in the SolverAfter AUDIO: 3 candidates, normal mode
AUDIO: 11200 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).
Remaining answers: LADDU, SADHU, UNDAM.
With a budget of 5 more guesses, SOLED is an information probe, outside this survivor list. It leaves 1.00 candidates on average under the model. Every feedback identifies a single candidate; another turn may be needed to submit it.
Try this position in the SolverSample and method
Every saved board is reachable within a six-turn game. Remaining turns equal six minus the saved history length. The sampling policy is independent of the expected-survivor metric. Two states at each of three depths per opener were selected by a fixed hash from an independent candidate-only sampling policy. Every accepted guess was evaluated. Model answer-model-2026-11-05-9183a914c959, data through 2026-11-05. The score measures expected survivors, not proved solve length or human difficulty.
How the solver finds SOLED
The strategy receives only earlier guesses and their feedback. It does not know the answer before choosing a move. Guessing the answer itself on turn one is a lucky one-turn result, not a recommended general strategy.
Normal mode
Our solver: bounded weighted policy. Current-pool replay over 14,855 accepted words. Model through 2026-11-05.
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The fixed opener tests its five letters.
14,855 before → 853 after. This feedback leaves 853 candidates.
All 853 surviving candidates
BECKS, BEDES, BEEFS, BEEPS, BEINS, BELLS, BENDS, BENES, BENIS, BESES, BESOM, BEZES, BHELS, BIBES, BICES, BIDES, BIKES, BILES, BINES, BISES, BIZES, BLEBS, BLEES, BLEYS, BLUES, BODES, BOEPS, BOKES, BOLES, BONES, BOSEY, BOWES, BOXES, BUDES, BUKES, BUSED, BUSES, BYDES, BYKES, CEDES, CEDIS, CEILS, CELLS, CEPES, CHEFS, CHEMS, CHEWS, CIDES, CIELS, CINES, CIVES, CLEFS, CLEGS, CLEMS, CLEWS, CLIES, CLUES, CODES, COEDS, COKES, COLES, COMES, CONES, COPES, COSEC, COSED, COSES, COSEY, COVES, COXES, COZES, CUBES, CUKES, CUSEC, CUZES, CYMES, DEBES, DEBUS, DECKS, DECOS, DEEDS, DEEMS, DEENS, DEEPS, DEEVS, DEFIS, DEGUS, DEIDS, DEILS, DEKES, DELES, DELFS, DELIS, DELLS, DELOS, DEMES, DEMOS, DENES, DENIS, DESEX, DESHI, DESIS, DESKS, DEVIS, DEVOS, DEXES, DEXYS, DICES, DIEBS, DIELS, DIKES, DIMES, DINES, DIVES, DOBES, DOEKS, DOGES, DOLES, DOMES, DOPES, DOSED, DOSEH, DOSES, DOVES, DOXES, DOZES, DUCES, DUDES, DUELS, DUKES, DULES, DUNES, DUPES, DUXES, DYKES, DYNES, EBONS, ECHES, ECHOS, ECIGS, EDGES, EEVNS, EIDOS, EILDS, EISEL, ELOPS, ELSIN, ELVES, EMBUS, EMEUS, EMICS, EMMYS, EMYDS, ENEWS, ENOLS, ENOWS, ENSEW, ENSKY, EOSIN, EPEES, EPICS, EQUES, ESNES, ESSES, EUGHS, EUSOL, EVEGS, EVENS, EVILS, EXECS, EXIES, EXONS, EXPOS, EXULS, FECES, FECKS, FEEBS, FEEDS, FEELS, FEENS, FELLS, FEMES, FENDS, FENIS, FENKS, FEODS, FEUDS, FEZES, FICES, FIDES, FIEFS, FIFES, FIKES, FILES, FINES, FIVES, FIXES, FLEES, FLEGS, FLEWS, FLEYS, FLIES, FLOES, FLUES, FOMES, FONES, FOXES, FUELS, FUMES, FUSED, FUSEL, FUSES, FUZES, FYCES, FYKES, FYLES, GECKS, GEEKS, GEEPS, GELDS, GENES, GENUS, GEUMS, GHEES, GIBES, GIVES, GLEDS, GLEES, GLEIS, GLENS, GLEYS, GLUES, GOELS, GOKES, GOLES, GOVES, GOXES, GUDES, GULES, GYBES, GYPES, GYVES, HEBES, HECKS, HEEDS, HEELS, HEIDS, HEILS, HELES, HELLS, HELMS, HELOS, HELPS, HEMES, HEMPS, HENDS, HESPS, HEXES, HIDES, HIEMS, HIKES, HIPES, HIVES, HOKES, HOLES, HOMES, HONES, HOPES, HOSED, HOSEL, HOSEN, HOSES, HOSEY, HOVES, HOWES, HOXES, HUIES, HULES, HYENS, HYKES, HYLES, HYPES, ICHES, IDEES, IDLES, ILEUS, ISHES, ISLED, ISLES, ISSEI, IVIES, JEDIS, JEELS, JEEPS, JEFES, JEFFS, JEHUS, JELLS, JEONS, JESUS, JIBES, JIVES, JOBES, JOEYS, JOKES, JOLES, JONES, JUBES, JUKES, JUPES, JUVES, KECKS, KEEFS, KEEKS, KEELS, KEENS, KEEPS, KELLS, KELPS, KEMBS, KEMPS, KENOS, KEPIS, KEXES, KIBES, KIEFS, KIEVS, KIKES, KINES, KIPES, KNEES, KOELS, KOSES, KYLES, KYPES, LEDES, LEEKS, LEEPS, LEGES, LEMES, LENDS, LENES, LENGS, LENIS, LENOS, LESBO, LESES, LESOS, LEUDS, LEVES, LEVIS, LEWIS, LEXES, LEXIS, LEZES, LIEFS, LIENS, LIEUS, LIFES, LIKES, LIMES, LINES, LIPES, LISES, LIVES, LOBES, LODES, LOGES, LOKES, LOMES, LOPES, LOSED, LOSEL, LOSEN, LOSES, LOVES, LOWES, LOXES, LUBES, LUCES, LUDES, LUGES, LUNES, LUXES, LWEIS, LYMES, LYNES, LYSED, LYSES, MEBOS, MECHS, MECKS, MEEDS, MEEPS, MEFFS, MEIDS, MEILS, MEINS, MELDS, MELES, MELLS, MELOS, MEMES, MEMOS, MENDS, MENES, MENGS, MENUS, MEOUS, MEOWS, MESEL, MESEM, MESES, MESHY, MESIC, MESON, MESYL, MEUMS, MEVES, MEWLS, MEZES, MIENS, MIKES, MILES, MIMES, MINES, MISES, MIXES, MIZES, MOBES, MODES, MOKES, MOLES, MOMES, MOPES, MOSED, MOSES, MOSEY, MOUES, MOVES, MOZES, MULES, MUSED, MUSES, MUXES, MZEES, NECKS, NEEBS, NEEDS, NEEFS, NEEMS, NEEPS, NEGUS, NEIFS, NELIS, NEMNS, NENES, NEONS, NESKI, NEUKS, NEUMS, NEVES, NEVIS, NEVUS, NEWBS, NEXUS, NIDES, NIEFS, NIFES, NINES, NISEI, NIXES, NODES, NOELS, NOKES, NOLES, NOMES, NONES, NOSED, NOSES, NOSEY, NOXES, NOYES, NUDES, NUKES, NUSED, NUSES, OBEYS, OBOES, OCHES, OGEES, OGLES, OKEHS, OKIES, OLEHS, OLEOS, OLPES, OMEES, OMENS, OMNES, ONCES, ONDES, ONSEN, OOSES, OOZES, OPENS, OSEYS, OUEDS, OUENS, OUSEL, OVELS, OVENS, OWIES, OWSEN, OXIES, PECHS, PECKS, PEDES, PEDIS, PEDOS, PEEKS, PEELS, PEENS, PEEPS, PEGHS, PEGOS, PEINS, PEKES, PELES, PELFS, PELLS, PELUS, PENDS, PENES, PENIS, PENKS, PEONS, PEPOS, PESCH, PESKY, PESOS, PHIES, PIEDS, PIKES, PILES, PINES, PIPES, PISES, PIXES, PIZES, PLEBS, PLEWS, PLIES, PLUES, PNEUS, POEMS, POEPS, POKES, POLES, POMES, PONES, POPES, POSED, POSES, POSEY, POXES, PSEUD, PUBES, PUCES, PUKES, PULES, PUSES, PYNES, PYXES, QUEYS, QUIES, SCEND, SCYES, SDEIN, SEBUM, SECCO, SECHS, SEDES, SEDGY, SEDUM, SEEDS, SEEDY, SEEKS, SEELD, SEELS, SEELY, SEEMS, SEEPS, SEEPY, SEGNI, SEGNO, SEGOL, SEGOS, SEIFS, SEILS, SEKOS, SELES, SELFS, SELFY, SELKY, SELLS, SEMEN, SEMES, SEMIS, SENDS, SENES, SENEX, SENGI, SENVY, SEPIC, SEPOY, SEPPO, SESEY, SEVEN, SEWED, SEWEL, SEWEN, SEWIN, SEXED, SEXES, SEYEN, SEZES, SHEDS, SHEEL, SHEEN, SHEEP, SHEIK, SHELF, SHELL, SHEND, SHENG, SHEOL, SHEWN, SHEWS, SHIED, SHIEL, SHIES, SHLEP, SHMEK, SHOED, SHOES, SICES, SIDED, SIDES, SIDEY, SIELD, SIENS, SIKES, SILED, SILEN, SILES, SILEX, SINED, SINES, SINEW, SIPED, SIPES, SISES, SIXES, SIZED, SIZEL, SIZES, SKEDS, SKEED, SKEEF, SKEEN, SKEES, SKEEV, SKEEZ, SKEGG, SKEGS, SKEIN, SKELF, SKELL, SKELM, SKELP, SKENS, SKEOS, SKEPS, SKEWS, SKIED, SKIES, SKIEY, SKYED, SKYEY, SLEBS, SLEDS, SLEEK, SLEEP, SLEWS, SLEYS, SLOES, SLUED, SLUES, SMEEK, SMEES, SMEIK, SMELL, SMEWS, SNEBS, SNECK, SNEDS, SNEED, SNEES, SNELL, SNIED, SNIES, SNOEK, SNOEP, SNYES, SOCES, SOKEN, SOKES, SOLED, SOLEI, SOLES, SONES, SOOEY, SOWED, SOXES, SPECK, SPECS, SPEED, SPEEL, SPEIL, SPEKS, SPELD, SPELK, SPELL, SPEND, SPEOS, SPEUG, SPEWS, SPEWY, SPIED, SPIEL, SPIES, SPUED, SPUES, SQUEG, SUPED, SUPES, SUSED, SUSES, SWEED, SWEEL, SWEEP, SWEES, SWELL, SWEYS, SWIES, SYCES, SYEDS, SYENS, SYKES, SYNED, SYNES, SYPED, SYPES, UNCES, UNSEW, UNSEX, UPSEY, USENS, VEEPS, VEGES, VEGOS, VEILS, VEINS, VELDS, VELES, VELLS, VENDS, VENUS, VEVES, VEXES, VIBES, VICES, VIEWS, VINES, VISED, VISES, VIVES, VLEIS, VLIES, VOCES, VOLES, VOXES, WEEDS, WEEIS, WEEKS, WEELS, WEEMS, WEENS, WEEPS, WEIDS, WEILS, WELDS, WELKS, WELLS, WEMBS, WENDS, WEXES, WHENS, WHEWS, WHEYS, WHIES, WIDES, WIELS, WIFES, WILES, WINES, WIPES, WISED, WISES, WIVES, WIZES, WUSES, WYLES, YECHS, YEDES, YEEDS, YEGGS, YELKS, YELLS, YELMS, YELPS, YESES, YESKS, YEUKS, YEVES, YEXES, YIKES, YIPES, YLEMS, YLKES, YMPES, YOKES, YOWES, YUKES, YULES, ZEBUS, ZEINS, ZEXES, ZEZES, ZINES, ZONES, ZYMES
Decision measures before feedback
Expected remaining candidates: 414.45. Information: 5.74 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.
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Test NIDES against the 853 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.
853 before → 26 after. This feedback leaves 26 candidates.
All 26 surviving candidates
BUSED, COSED, DESEX, DOSED, DOSEH, FUSED, HOSED, LOSED, LYSED, MOSED, MUSED, POSED, SEWED, SEXED, SHOED, SKEED, SKYED, SLUED, SOLED, SOWED, SPEED, SPUED, SUPED, SUSED, SWEED, SYPED
Decision measures before feedback
Expected remaining candidates: 19.74. Information: 3.737 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.
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Test SOLED against the 26 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.
26 before → 1 after. The answer is submitted and solved.
All 1 surviving candidates
SOLED
Decision measures before feedback
Expected remaining candidates: 3.536. Information: 2.116 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.
Solved in 3 guesses. Uniquely identified on turn 3.
Continue this board in the SolverHard Mode
Our solver: bounded weighted policy. Current-pool replay over 14,855 accepted words. Model through 2026-11-05.
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The fixed opener tests its five letters.
14,855 before → 853 after. This feedback leaves 853 candidates.
All 853 surviving candidates
BECKS, BEDES, BEEFS, BEEPS, BEINS, BELLS, BENDS, BENES, BENIS, BESES, BESOM, BEZES, BHELS, BIBES, BICES, BIDES, BIKES, BILES, BINES, BISES, BIZES, BLEBS, BLEES, BLEYS, BLUES, BODES, BOEPS, BOKES, BOLES, BONES, BOSEY, BOWES, BOXES, BUDES, BUKES, BUSED, BUSES, BYDES, BYKES, CEDES, CEDIS, CEILS, CELLS, CEPES, CHEFS, CHEMS, CHEWS, CIDES, CIELS, CINES, CIVES, CLEFS, CLEGS, CLEMS, CLEWS, CLIES, CLUES, CODES, COEDS, COKES, COLES, COMES, CONES, COPES, COSEC, COSED, COSES, COSEY, COVES, COXES, COZES, CUBES, CUKES, CUSEC, CUZES, CYMES, DEBES, DEBUS, DECKS, DECOS, DEEDS, DEEMS, DEENS, DEEPS, DEEVS, DEFIS, DEGUS, DEIDS, DEILS, DEKES, DELES, DELFS, DELIS, DELLS, DELOS, DEMES, DEMOS, DENES, DENIS, DESEX, DESHI, DESIS, DESKS, DEVIS, DEVOS, DEXES, DEXYS, DICES, DIEBS, DIELS, DIKES, DIMES, DINES, DIVES, DOBES, DOEKS, DOGES, DOLES, DOMES, DOPES, DOSED, DOSEH, DOSES, DOVES, DOXES, DOZES, DUCES, DUDES, DUELS, DUKES, DULES, DUNES, DUPES, DUXES, DYKES, DYNES, EBONS, ECHES, ECHOS, ECIGS, EDGES, EEVNS, EIDOS, EILDS, EISEL, ELOPS, ELSIN, ELVES, EMBUS, EMEUS, EMICS, EMMYS, EMYDS, ENEWS, ENOLS, ENOWS, ENSEW, ENSKY, EOSIN, EPEES, EPICS, EQUES, ESNES, ESSES, EUGHS, EUSOL, EVEGS, EVENS, EVILS, EXECS, EXIES, EXONS, EXPOS, EXULS, FECES, FECKS, FEEBS, FEEDS, FEELS, FEENS, FELLS, FEMES, FENDS, FENIS, FENKS, FEODS, FEUDS, FEZES, FICES, FIDES, FIEFS, FIFES, FIKES, FILES, FINES, FIVES, FIXES, FLEES, FLEGS, FLEWS, FLEYS, FLIES, FLOES, FLUES, FOMES, FONES, FOXES, FUELS, FUMES, FUSED, FUSEL, FUSES, FUZES, FYCES, FYKES, FYLES, GECKS, GEEKS, GEEPS, GELDS, GENES, GENUS, GEUMS, GHEES, GIBES, GIVES, GLEDS, GLEES, GLEIS, GLENS, GLEYS, GLUES, GOELS, GOKES, GOLES, GOVES, GOXES, GUDES, GULES, GYBES, GYPES, GYVES, HEBES, HECKS, HEEDS, HEELS, HEIDS, HEILS, HELES, HELLS, HELMS, HELOS, HELPS, HEMES, HEMPS, HENDS, HESPS, HEXES, HIDES, HIEMS, HIKES, HIPES, HIVES, HOKES, HOLES, HOMES, HONES, HOPES, HOSED, HOSEL, HOSEN, HOSES, HOSEY, HOVES, HOWES, HOXES, HUIES, HULES, HYENS, HYKES, HYLES, HYPES, ICHES, IDEES, IDLES, ILEUS, ISHES, ISLED, ISLES, ISSEI, IVIES, JEDIS, JEELS, JEEPS, JEFES, JEFFS, JEHUS, JELLS, JEONS, JESUS, JIBES, JIVES, JOBES, JOEYS, JOKES, JOLES, JONES, JUBES, JUKES, JUPES, JUVES, KECKS, KEEFS, KEEKS, KEELS, KEENS, KEEPS, KELLS, KELPS, KEMBS, KEMPS, KENOS, KEPIS, KEXES, KIBES, KIEFS, KIEVS, KIKES, KINES, KIPES, KNEES, KOELS, KOSES, KYLES, KYPES, LEDES, LEEKS, LEEPS, LEGES, LEMES, LENDS, LENES, LENGS, LENIS, LENOS, LESBO, LESES, LESOS, LEUDS, LEVES, LEVIS, LEWIS, LEXES, LEXIS, LEZES, LIEFS, LIENS, LIEUS, LIFES, LIKES, LIMES, LINES, LIPES, LISES, LIVES, LOBES, LODES, LOGES, LOKES, LOMES, LOPES, LOSED, LOSEL, LOSEN, LOSES, LOVES, LOWES, LOXES, LUBES, LUCES, LUDES, LUGES, LUNES, LUXES, LWEIS, LYMES, LYNES, LYSED, LYSES, MEBOS, MECHS, MECKS, MEEDS, MEEPS, MEFFS, MEIDS, MEILS, MEINS, MELDS, MELES, MELLS, MELOS, MEMES, MEMOS, MENDS, MENES, MENGS, MENUS, MEOUS, MEOWS, MESEL, MESEM, MESES, MESHY, MESIC, MESON, MESYL, MEUMS, MEVES, MEWLS, MEZES, MIENS, MIKES, MILES, MIMES, MINES, MISES, MIXES, MIZES, MOBES, MODES, MOKES, MOLES, MOMES, MOPES, MOSED, MOSES, MOSEY, MOUES, MOVES, MOZES, MULES, MUSED, MUSES, MUXES, MZEES, NECKS, NEEBS, NEEDS, NEEFS, NEEMS, NEEPS, NEGUS, NEIFS, NELIS, NEMNS, NENES, NEONS, NESKI, NEUKS, NEUMS, NEVES, NEVIS, NEVUS, NEWBS, NEXUS, NIDES, NIEFS, NIFES, NINES, NISEI, NIXES, NODES, NOELS, NOKES, NOLES, NOMES, NONES, NOSED, NOSES, NOSEY, NOXES, NOYES, NUDES, NUKES, NUSED, NUSES, OBEYS, OBOES, OCHES, OGEES, OGLES, OKEHS, OKIES, OLEHS, OLEOS, OLPES, OMEES, OMENS, OMNES, ONCES, ONDES, ONSEN, OOSES, OOZES, OPENS, OSEYS, OUEDS, OUENS, OUSEL, OVELS, OVENS, OWIES, OWSEN, OXIES, PECHS, PECKS, PEDES, PEDIS, PEDOS, PEEKS, PEELS, PEENS, PEEPS, PEGHS, PEGOS, PEINS, PEKES, PELES, PELFS, PELLS, PELUS, PENDS, PENES, PENIS, PENKS, PEONS, PEPOS, PESCH, PESKY, PESOS, PHIES, PIEDS, PIKES, PILES, PINES, PIPES, PISES, PIXES, PIZES, PLEBS, PLEWS, PLIES, PLUES, PNEUS, POEMS, POEPS, POKES, POLES, POMES, PONES, POPES, POSED, POSES, POSEY, POXES, PSEUD, PUBES, PUCES, PUKES, PULES, PUSES, PYNES, PYXES, QUEYS, QUIES, SCEND, SCYES, SDEIN, SEBUM, SECCO, SECHS, SEDES, SEDGY, SEDUM, SEEDS, SEEDY, SEEKS, SEELD, SEELS, SEELY, SEEMS, SEEPS, SEEPY, SEGNI, SEGNO, SEGOL, SEGOS, SEIFS, SEILS, SEKOS, SELES, SELFS, SELFY, SELKY, SELLS, SEMEN, SEMES, SEMIS, SENDS, SENES, SENEX, SENGI, SENVY, SEPIC, SEPOY, SEPPO, SESEY, SEVEN, SEWED, SEWEL, SEWEN, SEWIN, SEXED, SEXES, SEYEN, SEZES, SHEDS, SHEEL, SHEEN, SHEEP, SHEIK, SHELF, SHELL, SHEND, SHENG, SHEOL, SHEWN, SHEWS, SHIED, SHIEL, SHIES, SHLEP, SHMEK, SHOED, SHOES, SICES, SIDED, SIDES, SIDEY, SIELD, SIENS, SIKES, SILED, SILEN, SILES, SILEX, SINED, SINES, SINEW, SIPED, SIPES, SISES, SIXES, SIZED, SIZEL, SIZES, SKEDS, SKEED, SKEEF, SKEEN, SKEES, SKEEV, SKEEZ, SKEGG, SKEGS, SKEIN, SKELF, SKELL, SKELM, SKELP, SKENS, SKEOS, SKEPS, SKEWS, SKIED, SKIES, SKIEY, SKYED, SKYEY, SLEBS, SLEDS, SLEEK, SLEEP, SLEWS, SLEYS, SLOES, SLUED, SLUES, SMEEK, SMEES, SMEIK, SMELL, SMEWS, SNEBS, SNECK, SNEDS, SNEED, SNEES, SNELL, SNIED, SNIES, SNOEK, SNOEP, SNYES, SOCES, SOKEN, SOKES, SOLED, SOLEI, SOLES, SONES, SOOEY, SOWED, SOXES, SPECK, SPECS, SPEED, SPEEL, SPEIL, SPEKS, SPELD, SPELK, SPELL, SPEND, SPEOS, SPEUG, SPEWS, SPEWY, SPIED, SPIEL, SPIES, SPUED, SPUES, SQUEG, SUPED, SUPES, SUSED, SUSES, SWEED, SWEEL, SWEEP, SWEES, SWELL, SWEYS, SWIES, SYCES, SYEDS, SYENS, SYKES, SYNED, SYNES, SYPED, SYPES, UNCES, UNSEW, UNSEX, UPSEY, USENS, VEEPS, VEGES, VEGOS, VEILS, VEINS, VELDS, VELES, VELLS, VENDS, VENUS, VEVES, VEXES, VIBES, VICES, VIEWS, VINES, VISED, VISES, VIVES, VLEIS, VLIES, VOCES, VOLES, VOXES, WEEDS, WEEIS, WEEKS, WEELS, WEEMS, WEENS, WEEPS, WEIDS, WEILS, WELDS, WELKS, WELLS, WEMBS, WENDS, WEXES, WHENS, WHEWS, WHEYS, WHIES, WIDES, WIELS, WIFES, WILES, WINES, WIPES, WISED, WISES, WIVES, WIZES, WUSES, WYLES, YECHS, YEDES, YEEDS, YEGGS, YELKS, YELLS, YELMS, YELPS, YESES, YESKS, YEUKS, YEVES, YEXES, YIKES, YIPES, YLEMS, YLKES, YMPES, YOKES, YOWES, YUKES, YULES, ZEBUS, ZEINS, ZEXES, ZEZES, ZINES, ZONES, ZYMES
Decision measures before feedback
Expected remaining candidates: 414.45. Information: 5.74 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.
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Test NIDES against the 853 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.
853 before → 26 after. This feedback leaves 26 candidates.
All 26 surviving candidates
BUSED, COSED, DESEX, DOSED, DOSEH, FUSED, HOSED, LOSED, LYSED, MOSED, MUSED, POSED, SEWED, SEXED, SHOED, SKEED, SKYED, SLUED, SOLED, SOWED, SPEED, SPUED, SUPED, SUSED, SWEED, SYPED
Decision measures before feedback
Expected remaining candidates: 19.74. Information: 3.737 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.
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Test SOLED against the 26 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.
26 before → 1 after. The answer is submitted and solved.
All 1 surviving candidates
SOLED
Decision measures before feedback
Expected remaining candidates: 3.536. Information: 2.116 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.
Solved in 3 guesses. Uniquely identified on turn 3.
Continue this board in the SolverHistorical proven-optimal benchmark: July 2023
Alex Selby’s strategy minimises the mean over its complete 3,158-answer snapshot. A route for one answer is not proof of the shortest possible route for that answer, and is separate from the current weighted model.
Normal mode
Selby’s proven-optimal strategy. July 2023 snapshot: 3,158 equally likely answers; minimum mean guesses.
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The fixed opener tests its five letters.
3,158 before → 43 after. This feedback leaves 43 candidates.
All 43 surviving candidates
BUSED, DOSED, FECES, FUSED, HOSED, LEXIS, MESHY, MOSEY, MUSED, NEXUS, NOSED, NOSEY, PESKY, POSED, SEEDY, SEVEN, SEWED, SHEEN, SHEEP, SHEIK, SHELF, SHELL, SHIED, SHLEP, SHOED, SIDED, SINEW, SIZED, SKEIN, SKIED, SLEEK, SLEEP, SMELL, SOLED, SOWED, SPECK, SPEED, SPELL, SPEND, SPIED, SPIEL, SWEEP, SWELL
Decision measures before feedback
Expected remaining candidates: 100.074. Information: 5.888 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.
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Test SHLEP against the 43 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.
43 before → 1 after. This feedback leaves 1 candidate.
All 1 surviving candidates
SOLED
Decision measures before feedback
Expected remaining candidates: 3.651. Information: 4.068 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.
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Submit the only remaining candidate.
1 before → 1 after. The answer is submitted and solved.
All 1 surviving candidates
SOLED
Decision measures before feedback
Expected remaining candidates: 1.0. Information: 0.0 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.
Solved in 3 guesses. Uniquely identified on turn 2.
Continue this board in the SolverHard Mode
Selby’s proven-optimal strategy. July 2023 snapshot: 3,158 equally likely answers; minimum mean guesses.
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The fixed opener tests its five letters.
3,158 before → 43 after. This feedback leaves 43 candidates.
All 43 surviving candidates
BUSED, DOSED, FECES, FUSED, HOSED, LEXIS, MESHY, MOSEY, MUSED, NEXUS, NOSED, NOSEY, PESKY, POSED, SEEDY, SEVEN, SEWED, SHEEN, SHEEP, SHEIK, SHELF, SHELL, SHIED, SHLEP, SHOED, SIDED, SINEW, SIZED, SKEIN, SKIED, SLEEK, SLEEP, SMELL, SOLED, SOWED, SPECK, SPEED, SPELL, SPEND, SPIED, SPIEL, SWEEP, SWELL
Decision measures before feedback
Expected remaining candidates: 100.074. Information: 5.888 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.
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Test SHLEP against the 43 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.
43 before → 1 after. This feedback leaves 1 candidate.
All 1 surviving candidates
SOLED
Decision measures before feedback
Expected remaining candidates: 3.651. Information: 4.068 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.
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Submit the only remaining candidate.
1 before → 1 after. The answer is submitted and solved.
All 1 surviving candidates
SOLED
Decision measures before feedback
Expected remaining candidates: 1.0. Information: 0.0 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.
Solved in 3 guesses. Uniquely identified on turn 2.
Continue this board in the SolverSource: Alex Selby’s Wordle analysis, MIT. Licence and attribution.
How the fixed opener panel performs on this answer
| Opener | First feedback | Survivors | Normal | Hard Mode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TARSE | 00011 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green) | 853 | 3 | 3 |
| CRANE | 00001 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green) | 1433 | 3 | 3 |
| SLATE | 21001 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green) | 43 | 3 | 3 |
| ADIEU | 01020 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green) | 307 | 3 | Not solved in six |
| STARE | 20001 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green) | 192 | 4 | 4 |
| AUDIO | 00101 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green) | 361 | 4 | 4 |
| RAISE | 00011 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green) | 852 | 3 | 3 |
| ROATE | 02001 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green) | 287 | 3 | 3 |
| SALET | 20220 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green) | 11 | 3 | 3 |
- Normal mode
- 1 guess: 0 · 2 guesses: 0 · 3 guesses: 7 · 4 guesses: 2 · 5 guesses: 0 · 6 guesses: 0 · Failed in six: 0
- Hard Mode
- 1 guess: 0 · 2 guesses: 0 · 3 guesses: 6 · 4 guesses: 2 · 5 guesses: 0 · 6 guesses: 0 · Failed in six: 1
The nine openers use the same pool and continuation policy. Across both modes: 3–4 guesses among successes; 1 of 18 configurations failed. This is performance on this answer, not an overall opener ranking.
158 openers set up a two-turn opportunity; examples include SLEEP, SOLID, LOVES, HOLDS, DEALS, LOOSE, ROLES, SOLVE, HOLES, SLIDE. After their feedback, this answer is among the most likely survivors with at least half the model probability. This is an opportunity, not a guarantee. An opener that immediately solves is excluded.
A lesson from this route
This route identifies the answer on turn 3. Identifying a unique candidate and submitting it are separate actions.
Try another opener or a different move
How this is calculated
The current policy checks all remaining candidates and up to 128 fixed probes. At six or fewer candidates it uses bounded lookahead, preferring modelled six-turn success, then speed among successes. Larger states use expected survivors as a heuristic. These are recommendations, not proofs of optimal play. Hard Mode retains green positions and revealed letter counts; it allows grey letters and a yellow in the same position. Candidate-only play is stricter.
Feedback distribution
SOLED can come back 111 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:
Letter-value totals
Base letter-value totals for SOLED; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.
Scrabble
Words With Friends
Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.
Try next
Strategy after playing SOLED
What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to SOLED.
Quick reference
Largest feedback groups after playing SOLED:
Research on SOLED
Game-tree analysis and word research for SOLED, with an explanation for each figure.
Optimal play
Opening with SOLED, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.61 guesses and ranks #294 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.
No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with SOLED can guarantee a solve within six guesses.
Our six-turn simulation says 3.61, at or below the proven-optimal 3.61, because the two figures score different answer lists.
These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.
Familiarity and learning
- Frequency
- SOLED sits in the advanced band of the wordfreq scale, appearing less than once per million words in the source corpus. Corpus frequency does not measure every reader’s familiarity.
- Dominant sense
- Lancaster raters associated it most strongly with sight (3.1 of 5).
Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Word frequency: wordfreq (data CC BY-SA 4.0); Lancaster Sensorimotor Norms (CC BY 4.0).