5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SOTHS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

plural of Soth

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 SOTHS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SOTHS 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 68.7% of games, misses completely in 31.3%, and leaves about 304 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,373 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__H_ S in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE CRANE PLANE DROLE CARLE PAIRE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.08 Entropy (bits)
304 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SOTHS 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
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,373 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SOTHS ranks #9,373 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
821
4 guesses
1,215
5 guesses
258
6 guesses
22

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
OST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
34%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

739
212
206
149
146
108
77
66
52
49
47
45
35
35
32
27
26
22
19
19
18
17
15
13
12
11
11
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SOTHS:

31% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.3% →
RAILE 6.26 bits
9.0% →
RAILE 5.65 bits
8.7% →
CRANE 5.32 bits
6.3% →
PLANE 5.36 bits
6.2% →
DROLE 4.51 bits
4.6% →
CARLE 5.39 bits
3.3% →
PLANE 4.70 bits
2.8% →
PAIRE 5.11 bits
2.2% →
ARIEL 4.54 bits
2.1% →
TIARE 4.77 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1O1T1H4S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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