5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

SCREE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /skɹiː//skɹi/

Noun

Loose stony debris on a slope.

Noun

Similar debris made up of broken building material such as bricks, concrete, etc.

Verb

To traverse scree downhill.

Verb

To make a high-pitched cry like that of a hawk.

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 SCREE performs as a guess

SCREE 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 81.6% of games, misses completely in 18.4%, and leaves about 149 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,319 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___E S in the 1st position and E in the 5th position S__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _C__E C in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TALON DROIT CHAIN SLANT AGILE DEALT
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.95 Entropy (bits)
149 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 81% of evaluated openers
1.00 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SCREE 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,319 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SCREE ranks #5,319 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
869
4 guesses
1,191
5 guesses
204
6 guesses
19
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
47%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
P R I S M
S C R E E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SCREE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

434
204
152
144
127
119
102
90
68
58
56
55
46
45
33
31
31
28
26
25
25
23
21
19
18
18
18
17
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SCREE:

18% chance
Suggested:
TALON
9% chance
Suggested:
DROIT
6% chance
Suggested:
CHAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.4% →
TALON 5.84 bits
8.7% →
DROIT 5.27 bits
6.4% →
CHAIN 5.18 bits
6.1% →
SLANT 4.66 bits
5.4% →
AGILE 4.64 bits
5.0% →
DEALT 5.37 bits
4.3% →
TOILE 3.58 bits
3.8% →
SAIST 4.69 bits
2.9% →
LADEN 4.36 bits
2.5% →
TRAPE 3.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1C3R1E1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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