5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SWART

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈswɔːt//ˈswɔɹt/

Adjective

Of a dark hue; moderately black; swarthy; tawny.

Verb

To make swart or tawny; blacken; tan.

“to swart a living part”

Adjective

Black.

Noun

Black or dark dyestuff.

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 SWART performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SWART 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 83.4% of games, misses completely in 16.6%, and leaves about 140 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,053 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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___T S in the 1st position and T in the 5th position S__R_ S in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _W__T W in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

MOILE DRIER CLINE RACER TITHE HOISE
Words starting with S Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.08 Entropy (bits)
140 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 87% of evaluated openers
0.87 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SWART 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,053 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SWART ranks #1,053 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
1,000
4 guesses
1,107
5 guesses
165
6 guesses
14
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:
ARST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
37%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

391
244
209
114
107
103
68
65
62
61
57
47
40
39
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35
35
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SWART:

17% chance
Suggested:
MOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
DRIER
9% chance
Suggested:
CLINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.6% →
MOILE 5.90 bits
10.3% →
DRIER 5.15 bits
8.9% →
CLINE 5.35 bits
4.8% →
RACER 4.54 bits
4.5% →
TITHE 5.18 bits
4.4% →
CLINE 5.26 bits
2.9% →
CLINE 4.82 bits
2.8% →
HOISE 4.69 bits
2.6% →
LATTE 4.43 bits
2.6% →
CLINE 4.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1W4A1R1T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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