5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SHEWS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of shew

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of shew

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 SHEWS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SHEWS 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 71.2% of games, misses completely in 28.8%, and leaves about 370 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,883 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.89 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___S S in the 1st position and S in the 5th position S__W_ S in the 1st position and W in the 4th position _H__S H in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON RAILE RAINY TORCH TRADE PARTE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.69 Entropy (bits)
370 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 11% of evaluated openers
2.26 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHEWS 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.

3.89 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#13,883 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHEWS ranks #13,883 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
647
4 guesses
1,227
5 guesses
408
6 guesses
32
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
27%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

64 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

680
577
162
118
86
75
74
73
55
44
44
39
34
26
21
19
17
14
13
12
12
11
9
8
8
8
7
7
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHEWS:

29% chance
Suggested:
TALON
24% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
7% chance
Suggested:
RAINY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.8% →
TALON 5.81 bits
24.5% →
RAILE 5.39 bits
6.9% →
RAINY 4.70 bits
5.0% →
TORCH 4.91 bits
3.6% →
TRADE 4.29 bits
3.2% →
PARTE 4.45 bits
3.1% →
ROAST 4.89 bits
3.1% →
ROAST 4.69 bits
2.3% →
CARTE 4.75 bits
1.9% →
LAIRY 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1H4E1W4S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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