5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SWAIN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /sweɪn/

Noun

A rural lover; a male sweetheart in a pastoral setting.

Noun

A young man or boy in service; a servant.

Alternative forms: swaine, swein

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 SWAIN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SWAIN 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 81.6% of games, misses completely in 18.4%, and leaves about 167 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,469 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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__I_ S in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _W__N W in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

ROUET TALER TRIDE TRUCE COURE PORTE
Words starting with S Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.79 Entropy (bits)
167 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 71% of evaluated openers
1.16 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SWAIN 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#4,469 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SWAIN ranks #4,469 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
901
4 guesses
1,169
5 guesses
195
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:
AINS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
35%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

435
294
191
117
110
106
99
81
67
59
55
44
44
38
37
37
36
30
28
27
26
25
23
17
17
15
15
14
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SWAIN:

18% chance
Suggested:
ROUET
12% chance
Suggested:
TALER
8% chance
Suggested:
TRIDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.4% →
ROUET 5.96 bits
12.5% →
TALER 5.60 bits
8.1% →
TRIDE 5.21 bits
5.0% →
TRUCE 5.03 bits
4.7% →
COURE 5.10 bits
4.5% →
PORTE 4.98 bits
4.2% →
ROUTE 5.31 bits
3.4% →
TONEY 4.46 bits
2.8% →
TALER 4.25 bits
2.5% →
CRUET 4.73 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1W4A1I1N1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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