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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

SOUTH

Yes, SOUTH was the Wordle answer on August 11, 2025 (Wordle #1514).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsaʊ̯θ//ˈsawθ//ˈsɐʊ̯θ/

Noun

The direction towards the pole to the right-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 180°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the southern side of the invariable plane.

“Germany is south of Denmark.”

Noun

The southern region or area; the inhabitants thereof.

Adjective

Toward the south; southward.

Adjective

from the south.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: August 11, 2025 (#1514).

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

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How SOUTH performs as a guess

SOUTH is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 75.5% of games, misses completely in 24.5%, and leaves about 198 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,867 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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__T_ S in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _O__H O in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE CRANE ARIEL CARLE PLANE RANCE
Words starting with S Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.87 Entropy (bits)
198 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 76% of evaluated openers
1.08 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SOUTH 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#1,867 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SOUTH ranks #1,867 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
991
4 guesses
1,073
5 guesses
196
6 guesses
20
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:
OSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
38%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

R O A T E
B U S H Y
S O U T H

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SOUTH in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

120 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

577
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46
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SOUTH:

24% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
8% chance
Suggested:
CRANE
7% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.5% →
RAILE 6.17 bits
7.8% →
CRANE 5.35 bits
6.7% →
ARIEL 5.58 bits
5.4% →
CARLE 4.67 bits
5.1% →
RAILE 4.82 bits
5.0% →
PLANE 5.35 bits
2.8% →
RAILE 4.98 bits
2.7% →
RANCE 5.17 bits
2.5% →
LEANT 4.57 bits
2.0% →
ARIEL 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1O1U1T1H4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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