5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SOUSE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /saʊs/

Noun

Something kept or steeped in brine.

Noun

The act of sousing; a plunging into water.

Verb

To immerse in liquid; to steep or drench.

Verb

To steep in brine; to pickle.

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 SOUSE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SOUSE 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 83.7% of games, misses completely in 16.3%, and leaves about 179 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,366 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___E S in the 1st position and E in the 5th position S__S_ S in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL ALTER ADORN RAILE CLARY CURLY
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.60 Entropy (bits)
179 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SOUSE 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
0.75 Volatility
#12,366 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SOUSE ranks #12,366 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
708
4 guesses
1,227
5 guesses
324
6 guesses
37

Composition

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
EOSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
47%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

385
383
172
171
130
112
109
62
50
49
49
46
46
44
36
35
35
32
29
29
20
19
19
19
18
16
14
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SOUSE:

16% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
16% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
7% chance
Suggested:
ADORN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.3% →
TRAIL 5.71 bits
16.2% →
ALTER 5.36 bits
7.3% →
ADORN 5.16 bits
7.2% →
RAILE 4.47 bits
5.5% →
CLARY 4.52 bits
4.7% →
CURLY 4.31 bits
4.6% →
STALK 4.72 bits
2.6% →
PATER 4.06 bits
2.1% →
LEANT 3.37 bits
2.1% →
BLUNT 3.86 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1O1U1S1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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