5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SWITH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈswɪθ/

Adjective

Strong; vehement.

Adverb

Quickly, speedily, promptly.

Adverb

Strongly; vehemently; very.

Alternative forms: swithe

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 SWITH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SWITH 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 261 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,914 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___H S in the 1st position and H in the 5th position S__T_ S in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _W__H W in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE LINER TALER PARLE CRANE ROULE
Words starting with S Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.45 Entropy (bits)
261 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 49% of evaluated openers
1.50 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SWITH 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,914 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SWITH ranks #4,914 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
906
4 guesses
1,159
5 guesses
216
6 guesses
14
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
1 vowels
Common:
IST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
34%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

685
195
194
129
115
93
76
68
68
66
45
41
39
33
29
27
26
26
20
19
17
17
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16
15
14
12
11
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SWITH:

29% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
LINER
8% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.1% →
CARLE 6.11 bits
8.3% →
LINER 5.30 bits
8.2% →
TALER 5.35 bits
5.5% →
PARLE 5.45 bits
4.9% →
CRANE 4.92 bits
3.9% →
ROULE 5.06 bits
3.2% →
DRONE 5.04 bits
2.9% →
CARNE 5.36 bits
2.9% →
ALURE 4.45 bits
2.8% →
TONER 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1W4I1T1H4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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