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SWEAT

Yes, SWEAT was the Wordle answer on February 20, 2023 (Wordle #611).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /swɛt/

Noun

Fluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress and/or high temperature for the purpose of regulating body temperature and removing certain compounds from the circulation.

Noun

The state of one who is sweating; diaphoresis.

“Just thinking about the interview tomorrow puts me into a nervous sweat.”

Verb

To emit sweat.

Verb

To cause to excrete moisture through skin.

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: February 20, 2023 (#611).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How SWEAT performs as a guess

SWEAT 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 86.7% of games, misses completely in 13.3%, and leaves about 134 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,532 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__A_ S in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _W__T W in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

COULD RIONE CAIRN GLARE NORTH TRITE
Words starting with S Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.09 Entropy (bits)
134 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 88% of evaluated openers
0.86 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SWEAT 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,532 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SWEAT ranks #3,532 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
892
4 guesses
1,195
5 guesses
177
6 guesses
15
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:
AEST

Feedback chances

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

Example solver route

R O A T E
S P L A T
S W E A T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SWEAT in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

113 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

314
306
217
153
91
75
73
53
52
51
51
47
45
45
41
40
40
39
37
32
29
27
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21
21
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SWEAT:

13% chance
Suggested:
COULD
13% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
9% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.3% →
COULD 5.60 bits
13.0% →
RIONE 5.27 bits
9.2% →
CAIRN 5.16 bits
6.5% →
GLARE 4.76 bits
3.9% →
NORTH 5.12 bits
3.2% →
TRITE 4.63 bits
3.1% →
SLUNK 4.27 bits
2.2% →
RIONE 4.45 bits
2.2% →
CORAL 4.36 bits
2.2% →
CATTY 3.88 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1W4E1A1T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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