5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SHART

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ʃɑːt//ʃɑɹt/

Verb

To defecate while farting, typically unintentionally.

Noun

An instance of sharting.

Noun

The resulting excrement from sharting.

Interjection

Alternative spelling of 'sheart.

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 SHART performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SHART 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 84.7% of games, misses completely in 15.3%, and leaves about 125 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #140 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.56 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___T S in the 1st position and T in the 5th position S__R_ S in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _H__T H in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

MOILE DRIER CLONE BALER CLINE TOILE
Words starting with S Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.35 Entropy (bits)
125 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 96% of evaluated openers
0.59 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHART 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.

3.56 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#140 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHART ranks #140 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
1,089
4 guesses
1,012
5 guesses
171
6 guesses
11
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:
ARST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
39%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

129 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

360
253
205
110
96
68
57
56
54
54
52
43
43
35
34
34
32
30
26
26
26
25
23
22
22
19
18
18
17
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHART:

15% chance
Suggested:
MOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
DRIER
9% chance
Suggested:
CLONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.3% →
MOILE 5.95 bits
10.7% →
DRIER 5.09 bits
8.7% →
CLONE 5.25 bits
4.7% →
BALER 4.55 bits
4.1% →
CLINE 5.27 bits
2.9% →
TOILE 5.10 bits
2.4% →
CLINE 4.44 bits
2.4% →
CLINE 4.86 bits
2.3% →
TOILE 4.43 bits
2.3% →
CLINE 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1H4A1R1T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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