5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SORUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsɔːɹəs/

Noun

Any reproductive structure, in some lichens and fungi, that produces spores.

Noun

A cluster of sporangia on the edge or underside of a fern frond.

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 SORUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SORUS 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 76.5% of games, misses completely in 23.5%, and leaves about 227 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,497 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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__U_ S in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LEANT TRIED PLATE CLINE ALINE DAINE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.34 Entropy (bits)
227 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 41% of evaluated openers
1.61 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SORUS 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#9,497 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SORUS ranks #9,497 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
820
4 guesses
1,193
5 guesses
269
6 guesses
26
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:
ORSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
35%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

553
324
164
155
141
124
110
75
62
52
47
40
40
37
30
28
27
27
21
20
17
16
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15
13
11
11
10
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SORUS:

23% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
14% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
7% chance
Suggested:
PLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.5% →
LEANT 6.09 bits
13.7% →
TRIED 5.37 bits
7.0% →
PLATE 5.49 bits
6.6% →
CLINE 5.00 bits
6.0% →
ALINE 5.45 bits
5.3% →
LEANT 4.53 bits
4.7% →
DAINE 4.39 bits
3.2% →
PLATE 5.07 bits
2.6% →
MATEY 4.59 bits
2.2% →
TRADE 4.36 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1O1R1U1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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