5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SHALM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Obsolete form of shawm.

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 SHALM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SHALM 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 79.0% of games, misses completely in 21.0%, and leaves about 175 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,758 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___M S in the 1st position and M in the 5th position S__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _H__M H in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE TONER NOIRE TRINE RUOTE CONTE
Words starting with S Words ending with M

First-turn measures

4.80 Entropy (bits)
175 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 71% of evaluated openers
1.15 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHALM 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,758 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHALM ranks #1,758 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
979
4 guesses
1,133
5 guesses
168
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:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
35%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

496
233
160
132
119
102
92
90
80
69
51
46
42
37
35
33
30
29
29
26
22
18
17
16
15
15
15
14
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHALM:

21% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
10% chance
Suggested:
TONER
7% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.0% →
RIONE 6.10 bits
9.9% →
TONER 5.51 bits
6.8% →
NOIRE 5.08 bits
5.6% →
TRINE 5.29 bits
5.0% →
TONER 4.70 bits
4.3% →
RUOTE 5.60 bits
3.9% →
CONTE 5.06 bits
3.8% →
DRICE 4.79 bits
3.4% →
MOIRE 5.21 bits
2.9% →
DRICE 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1H4A1L1M3
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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