5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

SHINY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈʃaɪ.ni/

Adjective

Reflecting light.

Adjective

Emitting light.

Noun

Anything that glitters; a trinket.

Noun

A desirable collectible.

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 SHINY performs as a guess

SHINY 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 75.6% of games, misses completely in 24.4%, and leaves about 205 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,940 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__N_ S in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _H__Y H in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ALTER DROLE TALER PARTE LADEN URATE
Words starting with S Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.65 Entropy (bits)
205 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHINY 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,940 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHINY ranks #3,940 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
951
4 guesses
1,137
5 guesses
194
6 guesses
21

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
INS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
44%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
B E N C H
S H I N Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SHINY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

576
172
162
144
140
111
97
95
73
69
42
35
31
29
29
27
26
25
25
25
24
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHINY:

24% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
7% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
7% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.4% →
ALTER 6.14 bits
7.3% →
DROLE 4.91 bits
6.9% →
TALER 5.41 bits
6.1% →
PARTE 5.48 bits
5.9% →
LADEN 5.18 bits
4.7% →
URATE 5.33 bits
4.1% →
CARTE 5.44 bits
4.0% →
CRATE 4.83 bits
3.1% →
TONER 4.55 bits
2.9% →
GRADE 4.88 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1H4I1N1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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