5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SWANG

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈswæŋ/[ˈswæŋ]/ˈsweɪ̯ŋ/

Noun

A swamp.

Verb

To steer one's vehicle from side to side while driving.

Verb

simple past of swing. Now largely replaced by swung.

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 SWANG performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SWANG 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 75.6% of games, misses completely in 24.4%, and leaves about 230 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,004 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___G S in the 1st position and G in the 5th position S__N_ S in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _W__G W in the 2nd position and G in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TALER TONEY RUOTE TRICE ROULE
Words starting with S Words ending with G

First-turn measures

4.37 Entropy (bits)
230 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 43% of evaluated openers
1.58 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SWANG 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#6,004 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SWANG ranks #6,004 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
865
4 guesses
1,220
5 guesses
205
6 guesses
12
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:
ANS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
31%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

576
316
153
138
121
117
108
75
58
57
56
47
41
39
33
28
25
23
21
20
19
19
19
19
16
15
12
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SWANG:

24% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
13% chance
Suggested:
TALER
6% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.4% →
TOILE 6.01 bits
13.4% →
TALER 5.55 bits
6.5% →
TOILE 5.10 bits
5.9% →
TONEY 5.00 bits
5.1% →
RUOTE 5.40 bits
5.0% →
TRICE 5.15 bits
4.6% →
ROULE 5.38 bits
3.2% →
LANCE 4.59 bits
2.5% →
RUOTE 4.72 bits
2.4% →
TRODE 4.92 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1W4A1N1G2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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