5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

SWEPT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /swɛpt//swept//swɛpʈ/

Adjective

Cleared of mines (explosive devices).

Verb

simple past and past participle of sweep

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 SWEPT performs as a guess

SWEPT is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 79.1% of games, misses completely in 20.9%, and leaves about 210 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,480 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___T S in the 1st position and T in the 5th position S__P_ S in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _W__T W in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL RAILE TITAN TARTE CLARY RAINY
Words starting with S Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.59 Entropy (bits)
210 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SWEPT 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
0.68 Volatility
#4,480 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SWEPT ranks #4,480 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
873
4 guesses
1,219
5 guesses
184
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
EST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
31%
All gray
21%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SWEPT in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

492
409
136
106
100
85
77
70
68
61
55
52
51
41
39
39
27
24
23
21
20
20
18
16
16
14
14
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SWEPT:

21% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
17% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
6% chance
Suggested:
TITAN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.9% →
CAROL 6.02 bits
17.3% →
RAILE 5.44 bits
5.8% →
TITAN 5.07 bits
4.5% →
TARTE 4.84 bits
4.2% →
CLARY 4.84 bits
3.6% →
RAINY 4.36 bits
3.3% →
BASIS 4.86 bits
3.0% →
PIANO 4.66 bits
2.9% →
RAILE 4.74 bits
2.6% →
CREED 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1W4E1P3T1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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