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

SHEEP

Yes, SHEEP was the Wordle answer on March 5, 2026 (Wordle #1720).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈʃiːp/[ˈʃɪi̯p]

Noun

A woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis.

Noun

A member of the domestic species Ovis aries, the most well-known species of Ovis.

Alternative forms: shoop, sheepe

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: March 5, 2026 (#1720).

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

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How SHEEP performs as a guess

SHEEP is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 72.7% of games, misses completely in 27.3%, and leaves about 256 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,899 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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.

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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__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _H__P H in the 2nd position and P in the 5th position

Try next

TALON RAILE RAINY NORTH ROAST PATIO
Words starting with S Words ending with P

First-turn measures

4.41 Entropy (bits)
256 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHEEP 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#9,899 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHEEP ranks #9,899 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
800
4 guesses
1,186
5 guesses
293
6 guesses
23

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
36%
All gray
27%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E N
S H E E P

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SHEEP in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

644
313
162
139
104
96
82
48
47
44
43
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38
32
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25
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22
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHEEP:

27% chance
Suggested:
TALON
13% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
7% chance
Suggested:
RAINY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.3% →
TALON 5.85 bits
13.3% →
RAILE 5.26 bits
6.9% →
RAINY 4.28 bits
5.9% →
RAINY 4.77 bits
4.4% →
NORTH 4.84 bits
4.1% →
ROAST 4.92 bits
3.5% →
PATIO 5.05 bits
2.0% →
TREAD 4.45 bits
2.0% →
IRATE 4.32 bits
1.9% →
OLATE 4.14 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1H4E1E1P3
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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