5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SHILY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adverb

Archaic form of shyly.

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 SHILY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SHILY 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 78.6% of games, misses completely in 21.4%, and leaves about 183 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,313 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___Y S in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position S__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _H__Y H in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ORATE PORAE RONTE TRODE PEART CARTE
Words starting with S Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.73 Entropy (bits)
183 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.22 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHILY 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,313 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHILY ranks #3,313 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
967
4 guesses
1,109
5 guesses
205
6 guesses
16
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
1 vowels
Common:
ILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
43%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

504
238
170
149
148
97
95
95
62
43
43
35
34
30
30
29
28
28
27
26
25
25
22
21
19
19
19
17
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHILY:

21% chance
Suggested:
ORATE
10% chance
Suggested:
PORAE
7% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.4% →
ORATE 5.98 bits
10.1% →
PORAE 5.22 bits
7.2% →
RONTE 5.44 bits
6.3% →
TRODE 4.65 bits
6.3% →
PEART 5.51 bits
4.1% →
CARTE 5.31 bits
4.0% →
TRONE 4.89 bits
4.0% →
RUOTE 5.29 bits
2.6% →
TIARE 4.36 bits
1.8% →
ATONE 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1H4I1L1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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