5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SWOTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of swot

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of swot

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 SWOTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SWOTS 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 66.6% of games, misses completely in 33.4%, and leaves about 347 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,465 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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__T_ S in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _W__S W in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE ARIEL CANER PARLE CRANE PAIRE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.86 Entropy (bits)
347 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SWOTS 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#10,465 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SWOTS ranks #10,465 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
754
4 guesses
1,278
5 guesses
269
6 guesses
13

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
OST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
30%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

789
254
241
167
106
89
77
73
66
56
33
31
29
24
22
22
19
18
17
16
16
13
12
11
10
10
10
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SWOTS:

33% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
11% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
10% chance
Suggested:
CANER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.4% →
RAILE 6.27 bits
10.8% →
ARIEL 5.59 bits
10.2% →
CANER 5.32 bits
7.1% →
PARLE 5.36 bits
4.5% →
CRANE 4.73 bits
3.8% →
PAIRE 5.23 bits
3.3% →
NOIRE 4.19 bits
3.1% →
LEANT 4.59 bits
2.8% →
FAIRE 4.61 bits
2.4% →
NAICE 4.79 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1W4O1T1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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