- Average remaining
- 2.22
- Worst branch
- 4
- Information
- 3.24 bits
It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the candidates cleanly.
Five-letter words starting with SHA
Our Wordle guess list has 40 five-letter words that start with SHA.
40 matching words
Refine these results in Word Finder →- SHACK possible answer
- SHADE past answer possible answer
- SHADY possible answer
- SHAFT past answer possible answer
- SHAKE past answer possible answer
- SHAKY past answer possible answer
- SHALE possible answer
- SHALL past answer possible answer
- SHALT possible answer
- SHAME past answer possible answer
- SHANK past answer possible answer
- SHAPE past answer possible answer
- SHARD past answer possible answer
- SHARE past answer possible answer
- SHARK possible answer
- SHARP past answer possible answer
- SHAVE past answer possible answer
- SHAWL past answer possible answer
- SHAWN Wordle guess
- SHADS Wordle guess
- SHAGS Wordle guess
- SHAHS Wordle guess
- SHAKA Wordle guess
- SHAKO Wordle guess
- SHAKT Wordle guess
- SHALM Wordle guess
- SHALY Wordle guess
- SHAMA Wordle guess
- SHAMS Wordle guess
- SHAND Wordle guess
- SHANS Wordle guess
- SHAPS Wordle guess
- SHARN Wordle guess
- SHART Wordle guess
- SHASH Wordle guess
- SHAUL Wordle guess
- SHAWM Wordle guess
- SHAWS Wordle guess
- SHAYA Wordle guess
- SHAYS Wordle guess
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This list has 40 Wordle guesses; 18 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 18 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.
Past Wordle answers: SHADE (March 21, 2024); SHAFT (July 20, 2024); SHAKE (February 17, 2022); SHAKY (December 3, 2024); SHALL (March 29, 2022); SHAME (April 15, 2022); SHANK (April 16, 2024); SHAPE (July 8, 2024); plus 5 more.
CLERK does not fit this page's clues. SHAKE keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 5.33 (7 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.
Trap warning:
SHA_E
SHADE, SHAKE, SHALE, SHAME, SHAPE, SHARE, SHAVE differ only in the fourth position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; CLERK tests the family more efficiently.
Compare two plays
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Where these letters usually land
The SHA prefix fixes these letters in positions 1, 2 and 3; the figures below show whether extra copies appear elsewhere.
- S most often the 1st letter (100% of these words), also 5th (20%), 4th (2%).
- H most often the 2nd letter (100% of these words), also 4th (2%), 5th (2%).
- A most often the 3rd letter (100% of these words), also 5th (8%).
What the labels mean
Every match is in our Wordle guess list. “Possible answer” marks words on the answer list used by this site's solver, while “Past answer” marks words already used. For more filters, continue this search in Word Finder.