5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SORAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of sora

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 SORAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SORAS 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 83.5% of games, misses completely in 16.5%, and leaves about 158 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,159 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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__A_ S in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position SO_AS S in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, A in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

CLINE LANCE TRIED LEANT CLOTE TRINE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.70 Entropy (bits)
158 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 65% of evaluated openers
1.25 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SORAS 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,159 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SORAS ranks #9,159 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
820
4 guesses
1,202
5 guesses
264
6 guesses
21
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:
AORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
38%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

389
281
201
152
127
117
104
91
73
59
56
52
48
47
46
41
34
27
27
26
23
22
20
20
19
17
14
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SORAS:

16% chance
Suggested:
CLINE
12% chance
Suggested:
LANCE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRIED

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.5% →
CLINE 5.94 bits
11.9% →
LANCE 5.29 bits
8.5% →
TRIED 5.22 bits
6.4% →
LEANT 4.50 bits
5.4% →
CLOTE 4.22 bits
5.0% →
CLINE 4.98 bits
4.4% →
CLINE 5.10 bits
3.9% →
TRINE 4.22 bits
3.1% →
LEANT 4.45 bits
2.5% →
CLINE 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1O1R1A1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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