5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SUDOR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Sweat; the salty fluid excreted by the sweat glands.

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 SUDOR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SUDOR 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 81.1% of games, misses completely in 18.9%, and leaves about 154 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,307 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___R S in the 1st position and R in the 5th position S__O_ S in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _U__R U in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

LANCE TRACE LEANT PLATE PALET CRATE
Words starting with S Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.95 Entropy (bits)
154 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 81% of evaluated openers
1.00 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SUDOR 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#1,307 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SUDOR ranks #1,307 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
999
4 guesses
1,132
5 guesses
156
6 guesses
12
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:
ORSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
36%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

445
228
172
155
87
85
82
80
73
68
59
41
39
35
35
34
32
30
29
28
26
25
23
21
21
21
18
17
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16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SUDOR:

19% chance
Suggested:
LANCE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
7% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.9% →
LANCE 6.21 bits
9.7% →
TRACE 5.55 bits
7.3% →
LEANT 5.06 bits
6.6% →
PLATE 5.48 bits
3.7% →
PALET 5.14 bits
3.6% →
CRATE 4.46 bits
3.5% →
ANILE 5.30 bits
3.4% →
LEANT 3.92 bits
3.1% →
PLACE 4.18 bits
2.9% →
PLATE 4.82 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1U1D2O1R1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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