5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SWOUN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 SWOUN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SWOUN 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 72.8% of games, misses completely in 27.2%, and leaves about 244 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,411 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___N S in the 1st position and N in the 5th position S__U_ S in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _W__N W in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE TALER LAIDE PLATE BLARE CHARE
Words starting with S Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.41 Entropy (bits)
244 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 45% of evaluated openers
1.54 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SWOUN 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,411 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SWOUN ranks #5,411 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
905
4 guesses
1,168
5 guesses
219
6 guesses
12
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
2 vowels
Common:
NOSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
31%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

642
195
171
163
159
107
93
53
52
52
43
42
42
39
37
32
31
28
26
24
24
18
15
14
13
13
12
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SWOUN:

27% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
TALER
7% chance
Suggested:
LAIDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.2% →
CARLE 6.20 bits
8.3% →
TALER 5.41 bits
7.3% →
LAIDE 5.24 bits
6.9% →
CARLE 5.11 bits
6.7% →
PLATE 5.52 bits
4.5% →
TALER 5.24 bits
3.9% →
BLARE 4.58 bits
2.2% →
CHARE 4.90 bits
2.2% →
TUILE 4.14 bits
2.2% →
RONTE 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1W4O1U1N1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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