5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SYCON

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Any of the genus Sycon of sponges.

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 SYCON performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SYCON 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 78.1% of games, misses completely in 21.9%, and leaves about 189 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,870 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__O_ S in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _Y__N Y in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE ROATE CHARE PARLE PLATE TIARE
Words starting with S Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.59 Entropy (bits)
189 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 58% of evaluated openers
1.36 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SYCON 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,870 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SYCON ranks #3,870 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
923
4 guesses
1,191
5 guesses
170
6 guesses
18
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:
NOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
27%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

517
183
164
164
163
150
111
64
58
57
56
46
46
44
39
39
36
33
27
25
25
20
18
14
13
12
11
11
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SYCON:

22% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
8% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
7% chance
Suggested:
CHARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.9% →
RAILE 6.23 bits
7.8% →
ROATE 5.27 bits
7.0% →
CHARE 5.44 bits
7.0% →
PARLE 5.13 bits
6.9% →
PLATE 5.42 bits
6.4% →
TIARE 5.52 bits
4.7% →
URATE 5.43 bits
2.7% →
TALER 4.60 bits
2.5% →
GRATE 4.42 bits
2.4% →
CHORE 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1Y4C3O1N1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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