5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SWEAL

SWEAL 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: /swiːl/

Verb

To burn slowly.

Verb

To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; waste away without feeding the flame.

Alternative forms: swale

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 SWEAL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SWEAL 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 86.5% of games, misses completely in 13.5%, and leaves about 140 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,893 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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__A_ S in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _W__L W in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT RIONE CAIRN TARGE COULD SNOUT
Words starting with S Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.00 Entropy (bits)
140 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 84% of evaluated openers
0.95 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SWEAL 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#4,893 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SWEAL ranks #4,893 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
77
3 guesses
861
4 guesses
1,196
5 guesses
206
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
2 vowels
Common:
AELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
30%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

111 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

319
308
228
134
120
91
78
69
67
61
50
49
47
46
41
34
31
27
27
26
25
25
22
22
19
16
15
15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SWEAL:

14% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
13% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
10% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.5% →
COUNT 5.86 bits
13.1% →
RIONE 5.25 bits
9.7% →
CAIRN 5.24 bits
5.7% →
TARGE 4.69 bits
5.1% →
COULD 4.74 bits
3.9% →
SNOUT 4.51 bits
3.3% →
BELIE 4.29 bits
2.9% →
PLAIT 3.85 bits
2.8% →
MOIST 4.85 bits
2.6% →
TABLE 3.88 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1W4E1A1L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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