5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SOMAN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A highly toxic G-series nerve agent in the organophosphate class of chemical warfare agents. It works by irreversibly inhibiting acetylcholinesterase, an enzyme needed to regulate nerve signals, which leads to uncontrolled muscle activity and disruption of vital nervous system functions.

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 SOMAN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SOMAN 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 83.2% of games, misses completely in 16.8%, and leaves about 147 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,889 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___N S in the 1st position and N in the 5th position S__A_ S in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__N O in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

TRIED CARLE TRICE CLOTE TRIPE CRUET
Words starting with S Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.96 Entropy (bits)
147 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 82% of evaluated openers
0.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SOMAN 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,889 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SOMAN ranks #1,889 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
975
4 guesses
1,141
5 guesses
164
6 guesses
14
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:
ANOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
38%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

397
292
140
122
115
105
79
76
71
68
66
51
49
48
43
36
36
33
28
22
21
20
20
19
18
18
17
14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SOMAN:

17% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
12% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
6% chance
Suggested:
TRICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.8% →
TRIED 6.05 bits
12.4% →
CARLE 5.47 bits
5.9% →
TRICE 5.21 bits
5.2% →
TRICE 5.04 bits
4.9% →
CLOTE 4.33 bits
4.5% →
TRIPE 4.98 bits
3.4% →
CRUET 5.17 bits
3.2% →
CARET 4.35 bits
3.0% →
REACT 4.40 bits
2.9% →
TALER 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1O1M3A1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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