5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SWARF

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /swɔːf//swɔɹf/

Noun

The waste chips or shavings from an abrasive activity, such as metalworking, a saw cutting wood, or the use of a grindstone or whetstone.

Noun

A particular waste chip or shaving.

Verb

To grind down.

Verb

To grow languid; to faint.

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 SWARF performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SWARF 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 79.1% of games, misses completely in 20.9%, and leaves about 207 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,373 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___F S in the 1st position and F in the 5th position S__R_ S in the 1st position and R in the 4th position

Try next

TOILE CLONE TALER TOISE CLINE TUILE
Words starting with S Words ending with F

First-turn measures

4.43 Entropy (bits)
207 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 47% of evaluated openers
1.52 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SWARF 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,373 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SWARF ranks #8,373 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
815
4 guesses
1,227
5 guesses
254
6 guesses
9
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)
79%
Green tile
30%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

493
285
284
154
133
90
83
60
54
51
48
46
45
40
38
34
30
26
25
25
25
24
23
15
15
14
11
10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SWARF:

21% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
12% chance
Suggested:
CLONE
12% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.9% →
TOILE 6.09 bits
12.1% →
CLONE 5.27 bits
12.0% →
TOILE 5.17 bits
6.5% →
TOILE 5.21 bits
5.6% →
TALER 4.64 bits
3.8% →
TOISE 4.96 bits
3.5% →
CLINE 4.81 bits
2.5% →
TUILE 5.04 bits
2.3% →
CLOTE 3.95 bits
2.2% →
WIDEN 4.67 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1W4A1R1F4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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