5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SORNS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of sorn

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 SORNS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SORNS 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 78.7% of games, misses completely in 21.3%, and leaves about 198 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,182 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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__N_ S in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

DEALT CADET CADIE PLATE THALE BLATE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.50 Entropy (bits)
198 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 52% of evaluated openers
1.45 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SORNS 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,182 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SORNS ranks #8,182 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
851
4 guesses
1,200
5 guesses
236
6 guesses
24
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
1 vowels
Common:
NORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
38%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

503
318
156
144
110
105
95
94
75
70
43
42
42
39
39
35
33
30
26
25
24
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21
17
17
14
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SORNS:

21% chance
Suggested:
DEALT
13% chance
Suggested:
CADET
7% chance
Suggested:
CADIE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.3% →
DEALT 6.11 bits
13.5% →
CADET 5.36 bits
6.6% →
CADIE 5.24 bits
6.1% →
PLATE 5.57 bits
4.7% →
THALE 4.47 bits
4.5% →
BLATE 5.00 bits
4.0% →
TRADE 4.21 bits
4.0% →
PLATE 5.24 bits
3.2% →
MATEY 4.76 bits
3.0% →
TUILE 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1O1R1N1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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