5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SORER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

comparative form of sore: more sore

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 SORER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SORER 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 84.5% of games, misses completely in 15.5%, and leaves about 140 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,640 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___R S in the 1st position and R in the 5th position S__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__R O in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

PAINT DEALT TRAIN SLANT TRACE HOTLY
Words starting with S Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.96 Entropy (bits)
140 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 81% of evaluated openers
0.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SORER 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#8,640 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SORER ranks #8,640 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
810
4 guesses
1,199
5 guesses
263
6 guesses
20
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:
EORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
44%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

366
288
127
125
118
118
105
78
75
73
73
65
53
50
41
30
27
26
25
23
21
19
19
18
18
18
18
16
15
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SORER:

16% chance
Suggested:
PAINT
12% chance
Suggested:
DEALT
5% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.5% →
PAINT 5.69 bits
12.2% →
DEALT 5.54 bits
5.4% →
TRAIN 5.02 bits
5.3% →
SLANT 4.70 bits
5.0% →
TRACE 4.80 bits
5.0% →
HOTLY 3.84 bits
4.5% →
TALON 5.02 bits
3.3% →
LEANT 3.55 bits
3.2% →
ALINE 4.25 bits
3.1% →
SAIST 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1O1R1E1R1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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