5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SHIES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of shy

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of shy

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 SHIES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SHIES 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 80.0% of games, misses completely in 20.0%, and leaves about 203 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,838 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _H__S H in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON LEARE SOLAR TIDAL ROANY MOUTH
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.46 Entropy (bits)
203 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHIES 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#11,838 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHIES ranks #11,838 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
727
4 guesses
1,229
5 guesses
318
6 guesses
27

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
40%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

472
356
189
180
128
93
91
70
60
56
55
48
42
40
31
29
27
25
24
21
21
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHIES:

20% chance
Suggested:
TALON
15% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
8% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.0% →
TALON 5.78 bits
15.1% →
LEARE 5.48 bits
8.0% →
SOLAR 4.09 bits
7.6% →
TIDAL 5.00 bits
5.4% →
ROANY 4.77 bits
3.9% →
MOUTH 4.79 bits
3.9% →
CLARY 4.39 bits
3.0% →
PARTE 4.64 bits
2.5% →
TILDE 4.18 bits
2.4% →
ROUTE 4.25 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1H4I1E1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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