5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SOLUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

alone, unaccompanied (as a stage direction)

“Enter Hector solus.”

Adjective

Appearing on its own page.

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 SOLUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SOLUS 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 73.1% of games, misses completely in 26.9%, and leaves about 255 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,971 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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__U_ S in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE RAINE CRANE PARTE RANCE PRATE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.19 Entropy (bits)
255 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 32% of evaluated openers
1.76 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SOLUS 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,971 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SOLUS ranks #9,971 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
804
4 guesses
1,227
5 guesses
260
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:
LOSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
34%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

634
256
196
159
145
135
87
65
53
52
52
49
41
36
36
30
29
26
24
18
17
15
14
13
11
10
9
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SOLUS:

27% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
11% chance
Suggested:
RAINE
8% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.9% →
TIARE 6.18 bits
10.9% →
RAINE 5.31 bits
8.3% →
CRANE 5.43 bits
6.7% →
PARTE 5.40 bits
6.1% →
CRANE 4.92 bits
5.7% →
RANCE 4.66 bits
3.7% →
PRATE 5.32 bits
2.8% →
TRUCE 4.36 bits
2.2% →
THALE 4.43 bits
2.2% →
BRACE 4.13 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1O1L1U1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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