- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 2.0 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 SHR
Our Wordle guess list has 6 five-letter words that start with SHR.
6 matching words
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This list has 6 Wordle guesses; 4 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 4 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.
Past Wordle answers: SHRED (February 25, 2026); SHRUB (September 7, 2021); SHRUG (August 19, 2022).
ABBED does not fit this page's clues. SHRED keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.5 (2 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.
No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.
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Where these letters usually land
The SHR 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 (17%).
- H most often the 2nd letter (100% of these words).
- R most often the 3rd letter (100% of these words).
Word notes
Definitions are sourced or editorially reviewed and do not determine word-list status. Corrections.
SHRED
A fragment of something; a particle; a piece; also, a very small amount.
“There isn’t a shred of evidence to support his claims.”
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: February 25, 2026.
SHREW
Any of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
SHRUB
A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: September 7, 2021.
SHRUG
A lifting of the shoulders to signal indifference or a casual lack of knowledge.
“He dismissed my comment with a shrug.”
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: August 19, 2022.
SHRIS
Not found among the past answers in this archive.
SHROW
Alternative form of shrew.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Not found among the past answers in this archive.
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