5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SWALY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Boggy; marshy.

Adjective

Shady.

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 SWALY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SWALY 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 77.5% of games, misses completely in 22.5%, and leaves about 196 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,484 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___Y S in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position S__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position

Try next

TRINE TONER RIONE RUOTE DRICE DRONE
Words starting with S Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.64 Entropy (bits)
196 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SWALY 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,484 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SWALY ranks #5,484 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
902
4 guesses
1,165
5 guesses
223
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
42%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

530
248
163
145
125
120
104
101
53
49
48
48
37
30
29
29
27
26
26
22
19
17
17
16
16
15
14
13
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SWALY:

22% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
11% chance
Suggested:
TONER
7% chance
Suggested:
RIONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.5% →
TRINE 6.26 bits
10.5% →
TONER 5.46 bits
6.9% →
RIONE 4.97 bits
6.1% →
TRINE 5.29 bits
5.3% →
RIONE 4.60 bits
5.1% →
TONER 4.67 bits
4.4% →
RUOTE 5.46 bits
4.3% →
DRICE 4.97 bits
2.2% →
TRINE 3.75 bits
2.1% →
DRONE 4.71 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1W4A1L1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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