Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier for first-turn info

SOUCT

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

No dictionary definition for SOUCT is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use SOUCT in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How SOUCT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SOUCT 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 78.2% of games, misses completely in 21.8%, and leaves about 168 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #386 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe SOUCT used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

5.04 Entropy (bits)
168 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How SOUCT 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
99.96% Solved within six
0.69 Spread of game lengths
#386 Rank among openers
Opening with SOUCT left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.69 means those games clustered within about 0.69 of a guess of the 3.58 average. It ranks #386 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
1,063
4 guesses
1,047
5 guesses
163
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
43%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

SOUCT can come back 120 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

519 answers
164 answers
150 answers
129 answers
115 answers
109 answers
101 answers
74 answers
71 answers
56 answers
50 answers
34 answers
33 answers
33 answers
32 answers
31 answers
26 answers
25 answers
25 answers
24 answers
21 answers
20 answers
20 answers
19 answers
18 answers
18 answers
18 answers
17 answers
17 answers
16 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1O1U1C3T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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

Strategy after playing SOUCT

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to SOUCT.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SOUCT:

22% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
7% chance
Suggested:
ALINE
6% chance
Suggested:
TARTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.8% →
RAILE 6.26 bits
6.9% →
ALINE 5.30 bits
6.3% →
TARTE 5.57 bits
5.4% →
PARLE 5.27 bits
4.8% →
DROLE 4.61 bits
4.6% →
MARLE 4.68 bits
4.2% →
RAILE 5.40 bits
3.1% →
RAILE 5.07 bits
3.0% →
ARIEL 4.87 bits
2.3% →
LEARE 4.73 bits

Research on SOUCT

Game-tree analysis and word research for SOUCT, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with SOUCT, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.65 guesses and ranks #1,495 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with SOUCT can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.58, at or below the proven-optimal 3.65, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).