5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SHAWM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ʃɔːm/

Noun

A mediaeval double-reed wind instrument with a conical wooden body.

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 SHAWM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SHAWM 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 72.4% of games, misses completely in 27.6%, and leaves about 275 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,667 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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__W_ S in the 1st position and W in the 4th position _H__M H in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE TALER TRINE DRICE RUOTE MOILE
Words starting with S Words ending with M

First-turn measures

4.21 Entropy (bits)
275 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHAWM 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,667 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHAWM ranks #8,667 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
818
4 guesses
1,198
5 guesses
274
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
30%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

651
360
155
123
110
102
102
63
62
47
47
43
37
35
31
24
21
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12
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHAWM:

28% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
15% chance
Suggested:
TALER
7% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.6% →
RIONE 5.98 bits
15.3% →
TALER 5.54 bits
6.6% →
TRINE 5.18 bits
5.2% →
DRICE 4.80 bits
4.7% →
RUOTE 5.60 bits
4.3% →
MOILE 5.17 bits
4.3% →
CONTE 5.18 bits
2.7% →
MORNE 4.59 bits
2.6% →
DRONE 5.06 bits
2.0% →
LAPSE 4.29 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1H4A1W4M3
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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