5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

SORTA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsɔːtə//ˈsɔɹtə/[-ɾə]

Adverb

Contraction of sort of.

“The portraits on the wall aren’t that good, but they’re just sorta cool to have around.”

Contraction

Sort of.

“There’s gotta be some sorta explanation.”

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 SORTA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SORTA 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 88.5% of games, misses completely in 11.5%, and leaves about 95 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #228 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.57 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___A S in the 1st position and A in the 5th position S__T_ S in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _O__A O in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

CLINE CIDER CLADE CLONE DRICE GUILE
Words starting with S Words ending with A

First-turn measures

5.49 Entropy (bits)
95 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 98% of evaluated openers
0.46 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SORTA 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.

3.57 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#228 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SORTA ranks #228 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
80
3 guesses
1,037
4 guesses
1,069
5 guesses
150
6 guesses
17
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AORST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
38%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

122 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

270
210
147
134
92
88
82
82
78
68
54
49
48
39
38
38
35
35
34
31
30
27
26
24
23
22
21
21
21
20

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SORTA:

11% chance
Suggested:
CLINE
9% chance
Suggested:
CLINE
6% chance
Suggested:
CIDER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.5% →
CLINE 5.98 bits
8.9% →
CLINE 5.51 bits
6.2% →
CIDER 4.99 bits
5.7% →
CLADE 4.52 bits
3.9% →
CLONE 4.22 bits
3.7% →
CLINE 5.03 bits
3.5% →
CLINE 4.53 bits
3.5% →
CLINE 5.11 bits
3.3% →
CLINE 5.21 bits
2.9% →
DRICE 4.22 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1O1R1T1A1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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