5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SWIMS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of swim

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of swim

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 SWIMS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SWIMS 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 61.0% of games, misses completely in 39.0%, and leaves about 443 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,411 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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___S S in the 1st position and S in the 5th position S__M_ S in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _W__S W in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE LATER LEANT CRANE MORAE DROLE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.45 Entropy (bits)
443 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 6% of evaluated openers
2.50 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SWIMS 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,411 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SWIMS ranks #13,411 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
651
4 guesses
1,279
5 guesses
368
6 guesses
18
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
1 vowels
Common:
IS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
61%
Green tile
29%
All gray
39%

Feedback distribution

61 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

919
267
220
154
137
136
97
45
43
41
30
22
18
18
17
13
13
12
12
11
11
11
10
9
8
8
6
5
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SWIMS:

39% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
11% chance
Suggested:
LATER
9% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

39.0% →
ROATE 6.10 bits
11.3% →
LATER 5.22 bits
9.3% →
LEANT 5.31 bits
6.5% →
CRANE 5.00 bits
5.8% →
MORAE 5.38 bits
5.8% →
ROATE 5.50 bits
4.1% →
DROLE 5.22 bits
1.9% →
PARLE 4.37 bits
1.8% →
LEANT 3.97 bits
1.7% →
CADET 4.27 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1W4I1M3S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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