5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

SCARY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈskɛə.ɹi//ˈskɛː.ɹi//ˈskɛɹ.i/

Adjective

Causing fear or anxiety

“The tiger's jaws were scary.”

Adjective

Uncannily striking or surprising.

“Linda changed her hair, and it’s scary how much she looks like her mother.”

Adverb

To a scary extent; scarily.

Noun

Barren land having only a thin coat of grass.

Alternative forms: scarey

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 SCARY performs as a guess

SCARY 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 86.1% of games, misses completely in 13.9%, and leaves about 133 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,411 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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__R_ S in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _C__Y C in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE CLINE TALER HOISE BLITE CRIPE
Words starting with S Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.99 Entropy (bits)
133 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 83% of evaluated openers
0.96 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SCARY 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,411 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SCARY ranks #3,411 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
964
4 guesses
1,128
5 guesses
195
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:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
41%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S W I N G
P I C K Y
S C A R Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SCARY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

328
264
206
132
131
127
104
66
62
55
53
47
47
45
43
34
27
26
26
25
23
23
23
21
21
21
21
19
17
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SCARY:

14% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
9% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.9% →
TOILE 6.23 bits
11.2% →
TOILE 5.21 bits
8.7% →
TOILE 5.34 bits
5.6% →
TOILE 5.05 bits
5.6% →
CLINE 5.23 bits
5.4% →
TOILE 4.30 bits
4.4% →
TALER 4.68 bits
2.8% →
HOISE 4.88 bits
2.6% →
BLITE 4.36 bits
2.3% →
CRIPE 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1C3A1R1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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