5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SWAYL

SWAYL 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

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 SWAYL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SWAYL 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 197 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,317 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___L S in the 1st position and L in the 5th position S__Y_ S in the 1st position and Y in the 4th position _W__L W in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE TONER BOITE RIONE RUOTE DRICE
Words starting with S Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.55 Entropy (bits)
197 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 55% of evaluated openers
1.40 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SWAYL 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
0.69 Volatility
#6,317 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SWAYL ranks #6,317 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
878
4 guesses
1,197
5 guesses
220
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:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
31%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

530
248
158
145
144
104
101
84
64
58
54
49
48
46
42
31
30
29
27
26
22
17
17
14
14
13
13
13
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SWAYL:

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

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
6.7% →
BOITE 5.10 bits
6.1% →
TRINE 5.29 bits
6.1% →
RIONE 4.78 bits
4.4% →
RUOTE 5.46 bits
4.3% →
DRICE 4.97 bits
3.6% →
ALTER 4.47 bits
2.7% →
TARDY 4.06 bits
2.5% →
TONER 4.28 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1W4A1Y4L1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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