5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SONCE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 SONCE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SONCE 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 88.3% of games, misses completely in 11.7%, and leaves about 105 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #750 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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___E S in the 1st position and E in the 5th position S__C_ S in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL TALER RAILE ABORT SHALT GIANT
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.39 Entropy (bits)
105 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 97% of evaluated openers
0.56 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SONCE 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#750 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SONCE ranks #750 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
90
3 guesses
978
4 guesses
1,102
5 guesses
168
6 guesses
15
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:
ENOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
48%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

127 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

275
259
153
120
99
91
89
80
73
64
50
45
44
41
40
37
37
33
32
31
29
29
24
24
23
23
20
19
19
19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SONCE:

12% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
11% chance
Suggested:
TALER
6% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.7% →
TRAIL 5.94 bits
11.0% →
TALER 5.30 bits
6.5% →
RAILE 4.49 bits
5.1% →
ABORT 5.14 bits
4.2% →
SHALT 4.71 bits
3.9% →
GIANT 5.08 bits
3.8% →
MOLDY 4.14 bits
3.4% →
TRASH 4.72 bits
3.1% →
ARIEL 4.62 bits
2.7% →
CLAIM 4.94 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1O1N1C3E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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