5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

SWEAR

SWEAR is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 95.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈswɛə(ɹ)//ˈswɛɚ//ˈsweː/

Verb

To take an oath, to promise intensely, solemnly, and/or with legally binding effect.

“The knight swore not to return to the palace until he had found the treasure.”

Verb

To take an oath that an assertion is true.

“The witness swore that the person she had seen running out of the bank was a foot shorter than the accused.”

Noun

A swear word.

Adjective

Heavy.

Alternative forms: sweer, sweir, swere

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 SWEAR performs as a guess

SWEAR is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 86.9% of games, misses completely in 13.1%, and leaves about 117 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,872 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___R S in the 1st position and R in the 5th position S__A_ S in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _W__R W in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TOILE TALON COURT TABLE PORTE
Words starting with S Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.16 Entropy (bits)
117 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 91% of evaluated openers
0.79 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SWEAR 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
0.72 Volatility
#4,872 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SWEAR ranks #4,872 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
869
4 guesses
1,174
5 guesses
218
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:
AERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
34%
All gray
13%

Example solver route

R O A T E
G L E A M
C R O W D
S W E A R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SWEAR in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

113 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

308
215
195
130
126
108
97
96
85
54
53
52
42
40
38
36
35
29
28
28
26
25
25
24
24
23
20
20
19
19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SWEAR:

13% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
9% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
8% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.1% →
COUNT 5.67 bits
9.1% →
TOILE 5.40 bits
8.3% →
TALON 4.97 bits
5.5% →
COURT 5.07 bits
5.3% →
TABLE 4.72 bits
4.6% →
PORTE 4.32 bits
4.1% →
STINK 4.46 bits
4.1% →
CAIRN 4.26 bits
3.6% →
TOILE 3.41 bits
2.3% →
SLANT 4.13 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1W4E1A1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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