Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier for first-turn info

SORDA

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

No dictionary definition for SORDA is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

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

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Use SORDA in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 95.0% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How SORDA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SORDA 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 87.0% of games, misses completely in 13.0%, and leaves about 119 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #1,629 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe SORDA used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

5.16 Entropy (bits)
119 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.0% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How SORDA 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.96% Solved within six
0.69 Spread of game lengths
#1,629 Rank among openers
Opening with SORDA left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.69 means those games clustered within about 0.69 of a guess of the 3.61 average. It ranks #1,629 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
978
4 guesses
1,121
5 guesses
174
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
36%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

SORDA can come back 105 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

309 answers
262 answers
160 answers
142 answers
113 answers
96 answers
82 answers
76 answers
73 answers
71 answers
68 answers
57 answers
51 answers
46 answers
42 answers
39 answers
38 answers
35 answers
32 answers
31 answers
28 answers
25 answers
25 answers
24 answers
24 answers
22 answers
20 answers
20 answers
19 answers
19 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1O1R1D2A1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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

Strategy after playing SORDA

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to SORDA.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SORDA:

13% chance
Suggested:
CLINE
11% chance
Suggested:
LANCE
7% chance
Suggested:
TRIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.0% →
CLINE 5.99 bits
11.0% →
LANCE 5.48 bits
6.7% →
TRIER 5.02 bits
6.0% →
LEANT 4.66 bits
4.7% →
TUILE 4.91 bits
4.0% →
CLOTE 4.43 bits
3.4% →
CLINE 5.08 bits
3.2% →
THALE 4.59 bits
3.1% →
TUILE 5.04 bits
3.0% →
TRINE 4.27 bits

Research on SORDA

Game-tree analysis and word research for SORDA, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with SORDA, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.65 guesses and ranks #1,756 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with SORDA can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.61, at or below the proven-optimal 3.65, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).