5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SWEED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.8% 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 SWEED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SWEED 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 70.9% of games, misses completely in 29.1%, and leaves about 288 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,469 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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___D S in the 1st position and D in the 5th position S__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _W__D W in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

TALON RAILE SLANT RAINY ROAST RADIO
Words starting with S Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.15 Entropy (bits)
288 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 30% of evaluated openers
1.80 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SWEED 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,469 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SWEED ranks #11,469 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
696
4 guesses
1,282
5 guesses
305
6 guesses
13
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
36%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

685
315
189
143
130
94
76
65
62
58
53
41
33
26
25
23
22
19
16
14
14
14
13
12
12
12
11
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SWEED:

29% chance
Suggested:
TALON
13% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.1% →
TALON 5.82 bits
13.4% →
RAILE 5.24 bits
8.0% →
SLANT 4.58 bits
6.1% →
RAINY 4.36 bits
5.5% →
ROAST 4.93 bits
4.0% →
RADIO 4.90 bits
3.2% →
TIARE 4.46 bits
2.8% →
PARTE 4.00 bits
2.6% →
PAUSE 4.28 bits
2.5% →
ALURE 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1W4E1E1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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