5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SHEAF

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ʃiːf/

Noun

A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.

Noun

Any collection of things bound together.

“a sheaf of paper”

Verb

To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves

“to sheaf wheat”

Verb

To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.

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 SHEAF performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SHEAF 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 86.0% of games, misses completely in 14.0%, and leaves about 164 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,613 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___F S in the 1st position and F in the 5th position S__A_ S in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _H__F H in the 2nd position and F in the 5th position

Try next

DOREE DROIT TALON LARGE SPILT TOUCH
Words starting with S Words ending with F

First-turn measures

4.74 Entropy (bits)
164 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 68% of evaluated openers
1.21 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHEAF 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
0.70 Volatility
#7,613 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHEAF ranks #7,613 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
805
4 guesses
1,246
5 guesses
221
6 guesses
18
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
2 vowels
Common:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
30%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

353
330
258
181
101
84
64
60
56
55
53
50
48
43
41
33
33
32
30
30
28
26
23
23
22
17
15
14
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHEAF:

15% chance
Suggested:
DOREE
14% chance
Suggested:
DROIT
11% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.0% →
DOREE 5.29 bits
14.0% →
DROIT 5.61 bits
10.9% →
TALON 5.12 bits
7.7% →
LARGE 4.71 bits
4.3% →
SPILT 4.41 bits
3.6% →
TOUCH 4.78 bits
2.7% →
CORAL 4.44 bits
2.5% →
MOIST 4.83 bits
2.4% →
TONER 4.03 bits
2.3% →
SLANT 4.09 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1H4E1A1F4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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