5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SWIZZ

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

As an opener, it rules out about 74.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A swindle, con.

“That packet only had ten sweets in it; what a swizz.”

Verb

To swindle.

Alternative forms: swiz

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 SWIZZ performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SWIZZ 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 54.3% of games, misses completely in 45.7%, and leaves about 592 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,674 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.00 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___Z S in the 1st position and Z in the 5th position S__Z_ S in the 1st position and Z in the 4th position

Try next

ROATE LINER LEANT CRANE DROLE PLANE
Words starting with S Words ending with Z

First-turn measures

2.81 Entropy (bits)
592 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
74.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SWIZZ 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.

4.00 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#14,674 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SWIZZ ranks #14,674 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
19
3 guesses
510
4 guesses
1,307
5 guesses
489
6 guesses
27

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
54%
Green tile
26%
All gray
46%

Feedback distribution

37 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1077
305
254
188
166
99
50
34
33
21
16
13
13
12
11
11
10
8
6
5
4
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SWIZZ:

46% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
13% chance
Suggested:
LINER
11% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

45.7% →
ROATE 6.06 bits
12.9% →
LINER 5.17 bits
10.8% →
LEANT 5.25 bits
8.0% →
ROATE 5.50 bits
7.0% →
CRANE 5.02 bits
4.2% →
DROLE 5.21 bits
2.1% →
PLANE 4.04 bits
1.4% →
ROAST 3.85 bits
1.4% →
OLATE 3.86 bits
0.9% →
MORNE 3.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1W4I1Z10Z10
Total: 26 points

Words With Friends

Total: 26 points

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