5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SYSOP

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsɪsˌɒp//ˈsaɪsˌɒp/

Noun

A system operator, especially someone who administers an online communications system or bulletin board.

Noun

An administrator on a wiki.

Verb

To work as a sysop.

Verb

To grant someone sysop privileges.

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 SYSOP performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SYSOP 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 65.6% of games, misses completely in 34.4%, and leaves about 369 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,421 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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___P S in the 1st position and P in the 5th position S__O_ S in the 1st position and O in the 4th position

Try next

RAILE RONTE LAIDE LEANT PAIRE TALER
Words starting with S Words ending with P

First-turn measures

3.74 Entropy (bits)
369 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 13% of evaluated openers
2.20 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SYSOP 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,421 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SYSOP ranks #12,421 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
722
4 guesses
1,245
5 guesses
319
6 guesses
30
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
26%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

812
310
193
186
111
89
85
65
48
39
38
38
37
27
26
23
17
17
15
14
11
9
8
8
8
7
7
7
6
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SYSOP:

34% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
13% chance
Suggested:
RONTE
8% chance
Suggested:
LAIDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.4% →
RAILE 6.21 bits
13.1% →
RONTE 5.31 bits
8.2% →
LAIDE 4.84 bits
7.9% →
LEANT 5.38 bits
4.7% →
PAIRE 5.37 bits
3.8% →
TALER 4.96 bits
3.6% →
URATE 5.25 bits
2.8% →
DROLE 4.04 bits
2.0% →
RONTE 4.33 bits
1.7% →
ROULE 3.95 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1Y4S1O1P3
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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