5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SWEIR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Alternative form of sweer.

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 SWEIR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SWEIR 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 86.0% of games, misses completely in 14.0%, and leaves about 129 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,548 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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__I_ S in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _W__R W in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

COALY LEANT COURT GLINT COATE SLANT
Words starting with S Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.03 Entropy (bits)
129 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 85% of evaluated openers
0.92 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SWEIR 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,548 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SWEIR ranks #4,548 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
76
3 guesses
862
4 guesses
1,208
5 guesses
195
6 guesses
12
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:
EIRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
36%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

331
264
167
139
130
111
87
75
75
68
56
51
48
43
37
34
34
33
32
30
30
29
28
27
27
22
21
20
19
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SWEIR:

14% chance
Suggested:
COALY
11% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
7% chance
Suggested:
COURT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.0% →
COALY 5.69 bits
11.2% →
LEANT 5.37 bits
7.1% →
COURT 5.10 bits
5.9% →
GLINT 4.92 bits
5.5% →
COATE 4.57 bits
4.7% →
SLANT 4.60 bits
3.7% →
POTAE 3.50 bits
3.2% →
ANTIC 4.57 bits
3.2% →
CLINE 4.39 bits
2.9% →
LASSO 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1W4E1I1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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