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

SHARP

Yes, SHARP was the Wordle answer on December 8, 2023 (Wordle #902).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ʃɑːp//ʃɑɹp//ʃɐːp/

Adjective

Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.

“I keep my knives sharp so that they don't slip unexpectedly while carving.”

Adjective

Intelligent.

“My nephew is a sharp lad; he can count to 100 in six languages, and he's only five years old.”

Adverb

In a sharp manner: a less usual alternative to sharply in certain senses.

Adverb

Exactly.

“I'll see you at twelve o'clock sharp.”

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 8, 2023 (#902).

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

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How SHARP performs as a guess

SHARP 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 82.3% of games, misses completely in 17.7%, and leaves about 160 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,847 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___P S in the 1st position and P in the 5th position S__R_ S in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _H__P H in the 2nd position and P in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TALER CONTE TOISE BLITE TUILE
Words starting with S Words ending with P

First-turn measures

4.93 Entropy (bits)
160 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 80% of evaluated openers
1.02 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHARP 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,847 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHARP ranks #1,847 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
1,017
4 guesses
1,071
5 guesses
193
6 guesses
17
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:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
32%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S W I N G
P I C K Y
S H A R P

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SHARP in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

417
267
260
121
104
81
65
63
58
54
46
44
38
38
34
33
33
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25
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHARP:

18% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.7% →
TOILE 6.12 bits
11.3% →
TOILE 5.16 bits
11.0% →
TOILE 5.25 bits
5.1% →
TALER 4.66 bits
4.4% →
TOILE 5.12 bits
3.4% →
CONTE 4.98 bits
2.8% →
TOISE 4.91 bits
2.7% →
BLITE 4.33 bits
2.5% →
TUILE 4.92 bits
2.3% →
CLINE 3.97 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1H4A1R1P3
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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