5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SOUKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of souk

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 SOUKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SOUKS 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 63.8% of games, misses completely in 36.2%, and leaves about 387 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,214 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 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__K_ S in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TRONE TALER PARLE TARSE PALET
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.70 Entropy (bits)
387 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 12% of evaluated openers
2.25 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SOUKS 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,214 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SOUKS ranks #13,214 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
24
3 guesses
699
4 guesses
1,258
5 guesses
343
6 guesses
29
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:
OSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
34%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

60 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

854
241
183
182
167
102
67
65
54
39
34
30
28
26
22
22
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6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SOUKS:

36% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
8% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.2% →
RAILE 6.16 bits
10.2% →
TRONE 5.27 bits
7.8% →
TALER 4.58 bits
7.7% →
PARLE 5.35 bits
7.1% →
RAILE 4.82 bits
4.3% →
TARSE 5.38 bits
2.8% →
PALET 4.75 bits
2.8% →
CARLE 5.14 bits
2.3% →
PARTE 3.78 bits
1.7% →
LATER 3.93 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1O1U1K5S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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