5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SUGAN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈʃuː.ɡɔːn/

Noun

A wooden chair with a seat made from woven straw or twine stretched over the frame.

Noun

Alternative form of soogan.

Alternative forms: sugawn

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 SUGAN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SUGAN 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 79.8% of games, misses completely in 20.2%, and leaves about 185 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,958 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___N S in the 1st position and N in the 5th position S__A_ S in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _U__N U in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

TRIED CARLE TRIPE RONTE CLEAR CROME
Words starting with S Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.74 Entropy (bits)
185 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 68% of evaluated openers
1.21 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SUGAN 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,958 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SUGAN ranks #2,958 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
934
4 guesses
1,158
5 guesses
177
6 guesses
17
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:
ANSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
35%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

477
339
135
126
90
82
82
81
75
73
66
53
39
36
35
34
33
29
27
27
23
22
21
21
20
16
15
15
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SUGAN:

20% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
14% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
6% chance
Suggested:
TRIPE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.2% →
TRIED 6.05 bits
14.4% →
CARLE 5.45 bits
5.7% →
TRIPE 5.08 bits
5.3% →
RONTE 5.03 bits
3.8% →
CLEAR 4.68 bits
3.5% →
CROME 5.14 bits
3.5% →
TORSE 5.21 bits
3.4% →
CRIME 4.28 bits
3.2% →
THALE 4.32 bits
3.1% →
THALE 4.66 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1U1G2A1N1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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