5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

SCALY

SCALY is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈskeɪli/

Adjective

Covered or abounding with scales.

“a scaly fish a scaly stem”

Adjective

Composed of scales lying over each other.

“a scaly bulb”

Noun

The scaly yellowfish (Labeobarbus natalensis).

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

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 SCALY performs as a guess

SCALY 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 81.5% of games, misses completely in 18.5%, and leaves about 151 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,008 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___Y S in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position S__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _C__Y C in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE TONER RIONE RONTE RUOTE TRIDE
Words starting with S Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.91 Entropy (bits)
151 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 79% of evaluated openers
1.04 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SCALY 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#2,008 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SCALY ranks #2,008 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
989
4 guesses
1,126
5 guesses
170
6 guesses
15
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:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
42%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
A D A P T
S C A L Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SCALY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

437
202
146
139
137
123
103
96
78
56
47
45
42
41
39
37
31
30
27
27
26
20
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16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SCALY:

19% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
9% chance
Suggested:
TONER
6% chance
Suggested:
RIONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.5% →
TRINE 6.33 bits
8.6% →
TONER 5.42 bits
6.2% →
RIONE 5.36 bits
5.9% →
RIONE 4.98 bits
5.8% →
TRINE 5.29 bits
5.2% →
RIONE 4.56 bits
4.4% →
RONTE 4.63 bits
4.1% →
RUOTE 5.51 bits
3.3% →
TRIDE 4.76 bits
2.4% →
CARET 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1C3A1L1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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