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SWOOP

Yes, SWOOP was the Wordle answer on February 5, 2026 (Wordle #1692).

As an opener, it rules out about 81.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈswuːp//ˈsuːp/

Verb

To fly or glide downwards suddenly; to plunge (in the air) or nosedive.

“The lone eagle swooped down into the lake, snatching its prey, a small fish.”

Verb

To move swiftly, as if with a sweeping movement, especially to attack something.

“The dog had enthusiastically swooped down on the bone.”

Noun

An instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downward.

Noun

A sudden act of seizing.

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: February 5, 2026 (#1692).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How SWOOP performs as a guess

SWOOP is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 60.3% of games, misses completely in 39.7%, and leaves about 439 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,220 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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___P S in the 1st position and P in the 5th position S__O_ S in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _W__P W in the 2nd position and P in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TALER LEANT PAIRE IRATE CRATE
Words starting with S Words ending with P

First-turn measures

3.64 Entropy (bits)
439 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
81.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 10% of evaluated openers
2.31 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SWOOP 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,220 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SWOOP ranks #12,220 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
709
4 guesses
1,260
5 guesses
323
6 guesses
19
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
2 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
60%
Green tile
30%
All gray
40%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SWOOP in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

936
219
204
151
147
89
68
63
42
36
33
25
24
24
22
16
16
15
14
14
14
13
13
12
11
9
8
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SWOOP:

40% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
TALER
9% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

39.7% →
RAILE 6.22 bits
9.3% →
TALER 4.80 bits
8.7% →
LEANT 5.37 bits
6.4% →
PAIRE 5.40 bits
6.2% →
IRATE 5.33 bits
3.8% →
CRATE 4.77 bits
2.9% →
CADRE 4.94 bits
2.7% →
MARLE 4.59 bits
1.8% →
TRINE 4.53 bits
1.5% →
REACT 4.06 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1W4O1O1P3
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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