5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SWACK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /swæk/

Adjective

Lithe; nimble.

Noun

A large number or amount of something.

Noun

Synonym of smack.

Verb

To smack.

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 SWACK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SWACK 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 71.1% of games, misses completely in 28.9%, and leaves about 293 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,093 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___K S in the 1st position and K in the 5th position S__C_ S in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _W__K W in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TALER TRINE RUOTE TRIDE DROLE
Words starting with S Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.14 Entropy (bits)
293 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 29% of evaluated openers
1.81 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SWACK 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#8,093 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SWACK ranks #8,093 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
814
4 guesses
1,252
5 guesses
231
6 guesses
10
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
1 vowels
Common:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
32%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

682
365
156
124
116
110
77
74
60
52
45
41
29
27
22
19
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SWACK:

29% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
15% chance
Suggested:
TALER
7% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.9% →
TOILE 6.03 bits
15.5% →
TALER 5.54 bits
6.6% →
TRINE 5.08 bits
5.3% →
RUOTE 5.58 bits
4.9% →
TOILE 5.25 bits
4.7% →
TRIDE 5.10 bits
3.3% →
DROLE 5.16 bits
3.1% →
TONER 4.62 bits
2.5% →
TUILE 4.43 bits
2.2% →
PAISE 4.26 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1W4A1C3K5
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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