5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SCULK

SCULK is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 88.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

Alternative spelling of skulk.

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

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

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 SCULK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SCULK as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 70.8% of games, misses completely in 29.2%, and leaves about 280 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,287 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___K S in the 1st position and K in the 5th position S__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position

Try next

ROATE TIARE PARTE RONTE DAINE TARGE
Words starting with S Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.24 Entropy (bits)
280 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 35% of evaluated openers
1.71 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SCULK 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
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,287 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SCULK ranks #5,287 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
901
4 guesses
1,180
5 guesses
209
6 guesses
13
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:
LSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
29%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

689
257
191
163
131
126
80
53
45
39
36
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29
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SCULK:

29% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
11% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
8% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.2% →
ROATE 6.14 bits
10.9% →
ROATE 5.41 bits
8.1% →
TIARE 5.66 bits
6.9% →
PARTE 5.48 bits
5.6% →
ROATE 5.51 bits
5.3% →
RONTE 5.02 bits
3.4% →
DAINE 4.75 bits
2.2% →
TARGE 4.66 bits
1.9% →
CLEAN 4.60 bits
1.7% →
OLATE 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1C3U1L1K5
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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