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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess F tier opener

SQUAD

Yes, SQUAD has been the Wordle answer on April 11, 2022 (Wordle #296) and February 17, 2026 (Wordle #1704).

As an opener, it rules out about 88.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈskwɒd//ˈskwɑd//ˈskwæd/

Noun

A group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members.

“He assembled a squad of ten to take on the assassin.”

Noun

Ellipsis of squad truck.

Verb

To act as part of, or on behalf of, a squad.

Verb

To transport by ambulance.

Alternative forms: escouade

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 2 times

Past Wordle answer: April 11, 2022 (#296); February 17, 2026 (#1704).

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

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How SQUAD performs as a guess

SQUAD 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 74.8% of games, misses completely in 25.2%, and leaves about 275 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,994 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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___D S in the 1st position and D in the 5th position S__A_ S in the 1st position and A in the 4th position

Try next

RONTE CARLE TRIPE CLONE RIONE CLOTE
Words starting with S Words ending with D

First-turn measures

3.97 Entropy (bits)
275 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 21% of evaluated openers
1.98 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SQUAD 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,994 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SQUAD ranks #11,994 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
709
4 guesses
1,297
5 guesses
290
6 guesses
21
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:
ASU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
30%
All gray
25%

Example solver route

R O A T E
N A S A L
S Q U A D

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SQUAD in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

60 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

595
427
171
134
121
99
95
89
83
68
63
42
40
25
25
24
21
21
20
18
16
14
14
13
11
10
10
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SQUAD:

25% chance
Suggested:
RONTE
18% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
7% chance
Suggested:
TRIPE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.2% →
RONTE 6.01 bits
18.1% →
CARLE 5.45 bits
7.3% →
TRIPE 5.08 bits
5.7% →
CLONE 4.65 bits
5.1% →
RIONE 5.31 bits
4.2% →
CLOTE 4.82 bits
4.0% →
TROPE 5.29 bits
3.8% →
THALE 4.31 bits
3.5% →
TALER 4.52 bits
2.9% →
CRONE 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1Q10U1A1D2
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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