5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

SHEER

SHEER is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ʃɪə̯//ʃɪː//ˈʃɪj.ə/

Adjective

Very thin or transparent.

“Her light, sheer dress caught everyone’s attention.”

Adjective

Downright; complete; pure.

“I think it is sheer genius to invent such a thing.”

Noun

A sheer curtain or fabric.

“Use sheers to maximize natural light.”

Noun

The curve of the main deck or gunwale from bow to stern.

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

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 SHEER performs as a guess

SHEER 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 80.2% of games, misses completely in 19.8%, and leaves about 172 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,128 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___R S in the 1st position and R in the 5th position S__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _H__R H in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

TALON TRAIN ANILE SLANT COATE TOILE
Words starting with S Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.82 Entropy (bits)
172 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHEER 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#7,128 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHEER ranks #7,128 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
839
4 guesses
1,177
5 guesses
243
6 guesses
22

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
38%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E D
P E R C H
S H E E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SHEER in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

468
233
222
138
129
99
90
82
74
47
42
41
36
33
32
32
31
30
25
24
22
19
18
15
15
15
14
14
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHEER:

20% chance
Suggested:
TALON
10% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
9% chance
Suggested:
ANILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.8% →
TALON 5.80 bits
9.9% →
TRAIN 5.09 bits
9.4% →
ANILE 5.41 bits
5.8% →
SLANT 4.58 bits
5.5% →
COATE 4.46 bits
4.2% →
TOILE 3.39 bits
3.8% →
TOUCH 4.69 bits
3.5% →
OASIS 4.84 bits
3.1% →
LADEN 4.45 bits
2.0% →
PLATE 4.28 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1H4E1E1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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