5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SUGOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.0% 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 SUGOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SUGOS 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 66.3% of games, misses completely in 33.7%, and leaves about 353 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,864 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___S S in the 1st position and S in the 5th position S__O_ S in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALER CRATE PLATE TRUCE RAINE TARSE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.82 Entropy (bits)
353 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 15% of evaluated openers
2.13 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SUGOS 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
0.72 Volatility
#11,864 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SUGOS ranks #11,864 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
740
4 guesses
1,231
5 guesses
315
6 guesses
25
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:
OSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
32%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

794
301
210
116
107
103
99
90
56
47
39
39
38
36
20
20
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8
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6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SUGOS:

34% chance
Suggested:
TALER
13% chance
Suggested:
CRATE
9% chance
Suggested:
PLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.7% →
TALER 6.07 bits
12.8% →
CRATE 5.26 bits
8.9% →
PLATE 5.38 bits
4.9% →
TRUCE 5.21 bits
4.5% →
RAINE 5.39 bits
4.4% →
TARSE 5.41 bits
4.2% →
CARLE 4.45 bits
3.8% →
TALER 5.00 bits
2.4% →
CARTE 4.03 bits
2.0% →
ALONE 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1U1G2O1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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