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

SHINE

Yes, SHINE was the Wordle answer on May 9, 2022 (Wordle #324).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ʃaɪn/

Verb

To emit or reflect light so as to glow.

Verb

To reflect light.

Noun

Brightness from a source of light.

Noun

Brightness from reflected light.

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: May 9, 2022 (#324).

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

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How SHINE performs as a guess

SHINE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 85.6% of games, misses completely in 14.4%, and leaves about 122 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,879 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___E S in the 1st position and E in the 5th position S__N_ S in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _H__E H in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

MORAL ALTER GRATE TIDAL CLARY RAMEN
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.27 Entropy (bits)
122 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 94% of evaluated openers
0.68 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHINE 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#1,879 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHINE ranks #1,879 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
87
3 guesses
938
4 guesses
1,126
5 guesses
186
6 guesses
14
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
2 vowels
Common:
EINS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
43%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SHINE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

125 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

340
276
151
125
93
74
74
72
67
60
53
51
47
39
39
39
36
35
33
30
25
23
23
22
22
22
22
20
20
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHINE:

14% chance
Suggested:
MORAL
12% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
6% chance
Suggested:
GRATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.4% →
MORAL 5.81 bits
11.7% →
ALTER 5.38 bits
6.4% →
GRATE 4.52 bits
5.3% →
TIDAL 5.03 bits
3.9% →
CLARY 4.85 bits
3.1% →
RAMEN 4.35 bits
3.1% →
TOUCH 4.76 bits
3.1% →
TALON 4.68 bits
2.8% →
ROAST 4.73 bits
2.5% →
GRAND 4.21 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1H4I1N1E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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