5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SOTTO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊtəʊ//ˈsɒtəʊ/[ˈsotːo]

Adverb

Ellipsis of sotto voce.

Adjective

Ellipsis of sotto voce.

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 SOTTO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SOTTO 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 63.9% of games, misses completely in 36.1%, and leaves about 378 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,293 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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___O S in the 1st position and O in the 5th position S__T_ S in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _O__O O in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TIARE PLANE CRANE CARLE LEANT
Words starting with S Words ending with O

First-turn measures

3.80 Entropy (bits)
378 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 15% of evaluated openers
2.14 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SOTTO 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,293 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SOTTO ranks #12,293 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
726
4 guesses
1,233
5 guesses
324
6 guesses
28
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
37%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

851
204
195
175
147
127
70
52
51
37
34
34
31
27
22
22
19
19
18
17
16
13
12
11
11
11
10
8
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SOTTO:

36% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
8% chance
Suggested:
PLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.1% →
RAILE 6.25 bits
8.7% →
TIARE 5.55 bits
8.3% →
PLANE 5.27 bits
7.4% →
CRANE 5.40 bits
6.2% →
CARLE 4.80 bits
5.4% →
RAILE 5.17 bits
3.0% →
LEANT 4.53 bits
2.2% →
CADRE 4.50 bits
2.2% →
RAILE 4.76 bits
1.6% →
ARIEL 4.05 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1O1T1T1O1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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