5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

SOOTH

SOOTH is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 87.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /suːθ/

Noun

Alternative form of saunth (“type of chutney”).

Noun

Truth.

Adjective

True.

Adjective

Pleasing; delightful; sweet.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 SOOTH performs as a guess

SOOTH is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 68.7% of games, misses completely in 31.3%, and leaves about 289 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,582 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___H S in the 1st position and H in the 5th position S__T_ S in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _O__H O in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE ARIEL PLANE CARLE MANOR CRANE
Words starting with S Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.34 Entropy (bits)
289 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
87.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 41% of evaluated openers
1.61 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SOOTH 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#6,582 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SOOTH ranks #6,582 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
893
4 guesses
1,141
5 guesses
241
6 guesses
23
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:
OST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
41%
All gray
31%

Example solver route

R O A T E
B U S H Y
S O O T H

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SOOTH in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

739
213
154
123
103
94
84
73
71
51
41
39
37
35
34
29
20
20
18
18
18
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17
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SOOTH:

31% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
7% chance
Suggested:
PLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.3% →
RAILE 6.26 bits
9.0% →
ARIEL 5.69 bits
6.5% →
PLANE 5.35 bits
5.2% →
CARLE 4.77 bits
4.4% →
MANOR 5.23 bits
4.0% →
RAILE 5.24 bits
3.6% →
CRANE 4.77 bits
3.1% →
RANCE 5.27 bits
3.0% →
LEANT 4.61 bits
2.2% →
RAILE 4.68 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1O1O1T1H4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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