5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SHAKA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈʃɑːkə/

Noun

A greeting gesture in which the thumb and little finger are extended while curling the three middle fingers in a semi-fist, used to express a variety of positive meanings including all right, hello and goodbye.

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 SHAKA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SHAKA 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 67.0% of games, misses completely in 33.0%, and leaves about 351 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,876 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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___A S in the 1st position and A in the 5th position S__K_ S in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _H__A H in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

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RIONE TALER TRINE CONTE RUOTE TRIDE
Words starting with S Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.90 Entropy (bits)
351 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHAKA 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#11,876 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHAKA ranks #11,876 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
741
4 guesses
1,228
5 guesses
316
6 guesses
27

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
32%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

778
363
164
127
124
115
50
47
46
44
42
37
29
29
24
23
20
19
19
18
18
18
14
13
13
11
10
10
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHAKA:

33% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
15% chance
Suggested:
TALER
7% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.0% →
RIONE 5.98 bits
15.4% →
TALER 5.49 bits
7.0% →
TRINE 5.17 bits
5.4% →
CONTE 5.09 bits
5.3% →
RUOTE 5.54 bits
4.9% →
TRIDE 4.96 bits
2.1% →
WRITE 4.81 bits
2.0% →
CLINE 4.78 bits
1.9% →
PAISE 4.26 bits
1.9% →
TRIPE 3.82 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1H4A1K5A1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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