5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SWOPT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

simple past and past participle of swop

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 SWOPT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SWOPT 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 72.3% of games, misses completely in 27.7%, and leaves about 248 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,462 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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

RAILE CANER TARTE ARIEL BLARE TONER
Words starting with S Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.45 Entropy (bits)
248 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 48% of evaluated openers
1.50 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SWOPT 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,462 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SWOPT ranks #3,462 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
919
4 guesses
1,184
5 guesses
180
6 guesses
11
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:
OST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
34%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

654
220
173
133
114
109
98
88
61
53
50
40
30
27
25
24
22
21
21
21
21
18
17
17
16
15
15
15
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SWOPT:

28% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
CANER
7% chance
Suggested:
TARTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.7% →
RAILE 6.32 bits
9.3% →
CANER 5.34 bits
7.3% →
TARTE 5.57 bits
5.6% →
RAILE 5.20 bits
4.8% →
ARIEL 5.42 bits
4.6% →
ARIEL 5.12 bits
4.2% →
RAILE 5.10 bits
3.7% →
BLARE 4.70 bits
2.6% →
TONER 4.58 bits
2.2% →
CADRE 4.86 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1W4O1P3T1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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