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

SHAKY

Yes, SHAKY was the Wordle answer on December 3, 2024 (Wordle #1263).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈʃeɪki/

Adjective

Shaking or trembling.

“a shaky spot in a marsh”

Adjective

Nervous, anxious.

“He’s a nice guy but when he talks to me, he acts shaky.”

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: December 3, 2024 (#1263).

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

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How SHAKY performs as a guess

SHAKY 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 74.6% of games, misses completely in 25.4%, and leaves about 246 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,553 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___Y S in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position S__K_ S in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _H__Y H in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE TALER DROLE TRINE TRIDE CONTE
Words starting with S Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.35 Entropy (bits)
246 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 42% of evaluated openers
1.60 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHAKY 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
0.69 Volatility
#7,553 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHAKY ranks #7,553 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
852
4 guesses
1,206
5 guesses
240
6 guesses
12
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:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
42%
All gray
25%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
S H A K Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SHAKY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

600
345
158
143
118
105
104
69
46
46
41
40
36
33
25
24
24
20
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHAKY:

25% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
15% chance
Suggested:
TALER
7% chance
Suggested:
DROLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.4% →
RIONE 6.01 bits
14.6% →
TALER 5.50 bits
6.7% →
DROLE 4.92 bits
6.1% →
TRINE 5.21 bits
5.0% →
TRIDE 4.86 bits
4.5% →
CONTE 5.09 bits
4.4% →
RUOTE 5.47 bits
2.9% →
TALER 4.06 bits
2.0% →
CLINE 4.74 bits
2.0% →
WRITE 4.82 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1H4A1K5Y4
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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