5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SWARD

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /swɔːd//swɔɹd/

Noun

Earth which grass has grown into the upper layer of; greensward, sod, turf; (countable) a portion of such earth.

Noun

An expanse of land covered in grass; a lawn or meadow.

Verb

To cover (ground, etc.) with sward.

Verb

Of ground, etc.: to be covered with sward; to develop a covering of sward.

Alternative forms: swarth, swart, swerd

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 SWARD performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SWARD 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 81.5% of games, misses completely in 18.5%, and leaves about 173 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,590 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___D S in the 1st position and D in the 5th position S__R_ S in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _W__D W in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE CLONE TALER HOISE CLINE CLOTE
Words starting with S Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.71 Entropy (bits)
173 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 66% of evaluated openers
1.24 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SWARD 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
0.68 Volatility
#4,590 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SWARD ranks #4,590 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
900
4 guesses
1,182
5 guesses
206
6 guesses
8
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:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
33%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

437
264
255
147
120
93
87
80
51
48
46
44
43
43
38
37
35
29
28
26
25
25
24
18
17
16
14
14
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SWARD:

19% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
CLONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.5% →
TOILE 6.07 bits
11.2% →
TOILE 5.19 bits
10.8% →
CLONE 5.31 bits
6.2% →
TOILE 5.11 bits
5.1% →
TALER 4.70 bits
3.9% →
HOISE 5.00 bits
3.7% →
TOILE 5.14 bits
3.4% →
CLINE 4.94 bits
2.2% →
CLOTE 3.98 bits
2.0% →
ROUET 4.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1W4A1R1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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