Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

SWEEL

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

No dictionary definition for SWEEL is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

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

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Use SWEEL in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

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

How SWEEL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SWEEL 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 75.7% of games, misses completely in 24.3%, and leaves about 227 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #9,319 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe SWEEL used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.47 Entropy (bits)
227 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How SWEEL 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.96% Solved within six
0.71 Spread of game lengths
#9,319 Rank among openers
Opening with SWEEL left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.71 means those games clustered within about 0.71 of a guess of the 3.75 average. It ranks #9,319 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
787
4 guesses
1,224
5 guesses
269
6 guesses
17

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
37%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

SWEEL can come back 91 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

580 answers
282 answers
203 answers
149 answers
128 answers
112 answers
96 answers
62 answers
56 answers
55 answers
51 answers
44 answers
37 answers
33 answers
24 answers
24 answers
23 answers
21 answers
21 answers
19 answers
18 answers
17 answers
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13 answers
12 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1W4E1E1L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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

Strategy after playing SWEEL

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to SWEEL.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SWEEL:

24% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
12% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
9% chance
Suggested:
COALY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.3% →
TRAIN 5.98 bits
11.8% →
ROATE 5.26 bits
8.5% →
COALY 4.82 bits
6.2% →
ROAST 4.59 bits
5.4% →
RAINY 4.39 bits
4.7% →
ROAST 4.93 bits
4.0% →
TABLE 4.46 bits
2.6% →
SONAR 4.13 bits
2.3% →
PARTE 4.15 bits
2.3% →
PAUSE 4.27 bits

Research on SWEEL

Game-tree analysis and word research for SWEEL, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with SWEEL, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.77 guesses and ranks #9,115 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with SWEEL can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.75, at or below the proven-optimal 3.77, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).