5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

SYRUP

Yes, SYRUP was the Wordle answer on February 26, 2023 (Wordle #617).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsɪ.ɹəp//ˈsɪɹ.əp//ˈsɝ.əp/

Noun

Any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavoring.

“maple syrup”

Noun

Any viscous liquid.

“cough syrup”

Verb

To convert or process into syrup.

Verb

To add syrup to.

Alternative forms: sirop, sirup, syrop

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 26, 2023 (#617).

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

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How SYRUP performs as a guess

SYRUP 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 77.1% of games, misses completely in 22.9%, and leaves about 223 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,699 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.

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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__U_ S in the 1st position and U in the 4th position

Try next

ALONE IRATE LAIDE THALE TOILE HAOLE
Words starting with S Words ending with P

First-turn measures

4.48 Entropy (bits)
223 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 51% of evaluated openers
1.46 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SYRUP 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
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#5,699 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SYRUP ranks #5,699 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
926
4 guesses
1,105
5 guesses
243
6 guesses
22
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:
RSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
27%
All gray
23%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
S H R U B
S Y R U P

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SYRUP in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

541
362
154
145
137
94
74
62
52
50
48
45
36
36
34
30
28
27
25
25
22
17
16
15
13
12
12
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SYRUP:

23% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
15% chance
Suggested:
IRATE
7% chance
Suggested:
LAIDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.9% →
ALONE 6.14 bits
15.4% →
IRATE 5.25 bits
6.5% →
LAIDE 4.85 bits
6.1% →
THALE 5.43 bits
5.8% →
TOILE 5.06 bits
4.0% →
HAOLE 5.17 bits
3.1% →
ALONE 5.35 bits
2.6% →
CANOE 4.84 bits
2.2% →
TRADE 4.48 bits
2.1% →
THANE 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1Y4R1U1P3
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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