5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SOOKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 75.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of sook

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 SOOKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SOOKS 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 53.9% of games, misses completely in 46.1%, and leaves about 567 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,494 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.95 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__K_ S in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE PLATE TALER MANOR TARSE PLANE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.18 Entropy (bits)
567 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
75.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 3% of evaluated openers
2.77 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SOOKS 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.

3.95 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#14,494 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SOOKS ranks #14,494 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
22
3 guesses
593
4 guesses
1,256
5 guesses
429
6 guesses
50
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
54%
Green tile
37%
All gray
46%

Feedback distribution

50 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1088
226
188
152
142
105
79
42
39
29
26
18
18
17
16
13
12
12
11
11
9
9
9
8
6
6
5
5
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SOOKS:

46% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
10% chance
Suggested:
PLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

46.1% →
RAILE 6.20 bits
9.6% →
PLATE 5.38 bits
8.0% →
TALER 4.48 bits
6.4% →
MANOR 5.21 bits
6.0% →
TARSE 5.43 bits
4.5% →
PLANE 4.68 bits
3.4% →
CARLE 5.13 bits
1.8% →
CARET 3.92 bits
1.7% →
LEANT 4.15 bits
1.2% →
RAILE 3.98 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1O1O1K5S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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