5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SOUGH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /saʊ//sʌf/

Verb

To make a soft rustling or murmuring sound.

Noun

A murmuring sound; rushing, rustling, or whistling sound.

Noun

A gentle breeze; a waft; a breath.

Verb

To drain.

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 SOUGH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SOUGH 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 72.6% of games, misses completely in 27.4%, and leaves about 242 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,083 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___H S in the 1st position and H in the 5th position S__G_ S in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _O__H O in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE ADORN PLATE TALER TARSE TRACE
Words starting with S Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.48 Entropy (bits)
242 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 50% of evaluated openers
1.47 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SOUGH 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,083 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SOUGH ranks #6,083 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
894
4 guesses
1,165
5 guesses
229
6 guesses
15
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:
OSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
37%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

647
198
176
135
131
98
97
93
57
54
52
36
30
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27
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SOUGH:

27% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
8% chance
Suggested:
ADORN
7% chance
Suggested:
PLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.4% →
RAILE 6.09 bits
8.4% →
ADORN 5.20 bits
7.5% →
PLATE 5.45 bits
5.7% →
TALER 4.63 bits
5.6% →
RAILE 4.91 bits
4.2% →
RAILE 5.23 bits
4.1% →
TARSE 5.36 bits
3.9% →
TRACE 5.54 bits
2.4% →
PALET 4.74 bits
2.3% →
PLATE 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1O1U1G2H4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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