5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

SHAKE

Yes, SHAKE was the Wordle answer on February 17, 2022 (Wordle #243).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈʃeɪk/

Verb

To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.

“The earthquake shook the building.”

Verb

To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance, or disapproval.

“Shaking his head, he kept repeating “No, no, no”.”

Noun

The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.

“The cat gave the mouse a shake.”

Noun

A twitch, a spasm, a tremor.

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: February 17, 2022 (#243).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How SHAKE performs as a guess

SHAKE 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 85.5% of games, misses completely in 14.5%, and leaves about 146 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,342 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__K_ S in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _H__E H in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

DROIT OLDER TALON GOIER ALTER TOUCH
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.96 Entropy (bits)
146 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 82% of evaluated openers
0.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHAKE 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#7,342 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHAKE ranks #7,342 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
802
4 guesses
1,231
5 guesses
227
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
42%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L U M P
D R A N K
S H A K E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SHAKE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

342
285
258
151
115
89
84
67
62
52
43
40
40
34
33
31
31
31
30
29
29
27
23
21
19
18
15
15
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHAKE:

15% chance
Suggested:
DROIT
12% chance
Suggested:
OLDER
11% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.5% →
DROIT 5.68 bits
12.1% →
OLDER 5.04 bits
10.9% →
TALON 5.29 bits
6.4% →
GOIER 4.35 bits
4.9% →
ALTER 4.67 bits
3.8% →
TOUCH 4.74 bits
3.6% →
SNOUT 4.40 bits
2.8% →
TRAIN 4.32 bits
2.6% →
MOIST 4.87 bits
2.2% →
ANGLE 3.89 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1H4A1K5E1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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