- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 3.0 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 SHI
Our Wordle guess list has 28 five-letter words that start with SHI.
28 matching words
Refine these results in Word Finder →- SHIED possible answer
- SHIFT past answer possible answer
- SHILL past answer possible answer
- SHINE past answer possible answer
- SHINY possible answer
- SHIRE past answer possible answer
- SHIRK past answer possible answer
- SHIRT possible answer
- SHIPS Wordle guess
- SHITE Wordle guess
- SHITS Wordle guess
- SHIVA Wordle guess
- SHIAI Wordle guess
- SHIEL Wordle guess
- SHIER Wordle guess
- SHIES Wordle guess
- SHILY Wordle guess
- SHIMS Wordle guess
- SHINS Wordle guess
- SHIOK Wordle guess
- SHIRR Wordle guess
- SHIRS Wordle guess
- SHISH Wordle guess
- SHISO Wordle guess
- SHIST Wordle guess
- SHIUR Wordle guess
- SHIVE Wordle guess
- SHIVS Wordle guess
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Shortlist note
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This list has 28 Wordle guesses; 8 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 8 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.
Past Wordle answers: SHIFT (December 9, 2023); SHILL (July 21, 2026); SHINE (May 9, 2022); SHIRE (January 17, 2022); SHIRK (February 2, 2023).
ALTER does not fit this page's clues. SHIER keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 2.0 (3 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.
Tight family:
SHIR_
SHIRE, SHIRK, SHIRT differ only in the fifth position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; ALTER tests the family more efficiently.
Compare two plays
Choose any two words from this list. The figures use the same 8 possible answers.
Where these letters usually land
The SHI 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 (25%), 4th (11%).
- H most often the 2nd letter (100% of these words), also 5th (4%).
- I most often the 3rd letter (100% of these words), also 5th (4%).
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.