5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

SOUTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

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

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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 SOUTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SOUTS 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 71.6% of games, misses completely in 28.4%, and leaves about 264 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #9,391 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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__T_ S in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE CARET CRANE CARLE PARLE MARLE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

All four describe SOUTS 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.

4.27 Entropy (bits)
264 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 37% of evaluated openers
1.67 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How SOUTS 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.79% Solved within six
0.71 Spread of game lengths
#9,391 Rank among openers
Opening with SOUTS left 5 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.71 means those games clustered within about 0.71 of a guess of the 3.75 average. It ranks #9,391 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
812
4 guesses
1,216
5 guesses
253
6 guesses
26
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:
OSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
37%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

SOUTS can come back 80 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

670 answers
210 answers
204 answers
147 answers
144 answers
135 answers
66 answers
65 answers
59 answers
51 answers
46 answers
43 answers
36 answers
31 answers
30 answers
26 answers
23 answers
23 answers
20 answers
20 answers
19 answers
19 answers
15 answers
15 answers
14 answers
13 answers
13 answers
13 answers
12 answers
12 answers

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SOUTS:

28% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
CARET
9% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.4% →
RAILE 6.22 bits
8.9% →
CARET 5.46 bits
8.6% →
CRANE 5.44 bits
6.2% →
CARLE 4.73 bits
6.1% →
PARLE 5.32 bits
5.7% →
MARLE 4.64 bits
2.8% →
LEANT 4.60 bits
2.8% →
PALER 5.01 bits
2.5% →
LEARY 4.49 bits
2.2% →
ARIEL 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1O1U1T1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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