5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SHISO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Any of several varieties of the herb Perilla frutescens, related to basil and mint, used in Japanese cooking.

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 SHISO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SHISO 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 73.0% of games, misses completely in 27.0%, and leaves about 278 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,830 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___O S in the 1st position and O in the 5th position S__S_ S in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _H__O H in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

ALTER TALER LINER PLATE CRANE RANCE
Words starting with S Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.08 Entropy (bits)
278 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 27% of evaluated openers
1.87 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHISO 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
99.8% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#11,830 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHISO ranks #11,830 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
752
4 guesses
1,191
5 guesses
323
6 guesses
35
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
2 vowels
Common:
IOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
35%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

636
352
227
158
140
88
63
55
46
45
41
38
37
37
32
29
26
24
22
19
19
18
18
16
13
12
12
12
10
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHISO:

27% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
15% chance
Suggested:
TALER
10% chance
Suggested:
LINER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.0% →
ALTER 5.97 bits
14.9% →
TALER 5.24 bits
9.6% →
LINER 5.25 bits
6.7% →
PLATE 5.35 bits
5.9% →
CRANE 4.92 bits
3.7% →
RANCE 5.05 bits
2.7% →
PEART 4.03 bits
2.3% →
TRUCE 4.53 bits
2.0% →
PLANE 4.07 bits
1.9% →
REACT 4.71 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1H4I1S1O1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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