5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SHITE

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

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ʃaɪt/

Noun

Shit; trash; rubbish; nonsense.

“That’s a load of shite.”

Noun

A foolish or deceitful person.

“He's a useless shite.”

Adjective

Bad; awful; shit.

“That was a shite film.”

Interjection

An expression of annoyance or dismay.

“Shite! I left my wallet at home.”

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 SHITE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SHITE 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 84.9% of games, misses completely in 15.1%, and leaves about 122 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,086 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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__T_ S in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _H__E H in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

MOLAR RENAL GLARE NADIR ALTER TALON
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.35 Entropy (bits)
122 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 96% of evaluated openers
0.60 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHITE 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#1,086 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHITE ranks #1,086 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
91
3 guesses
978
4 guesses
1,080
5 guesses
189
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
2 vowels
Common:
EIST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
43%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

136 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

356
256
157
123
98
95
87
66
59
55
47
42
42
36
33
30
29
28
25
22
21
21
21
20
20
20
19
19
18
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHITE:

15% chance
Suggested:
MOLAR
11% chance
Suggested:
RENAL
7% chance
Suggested:
GLARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.1% →
MOLAR 5.75 bits
10.9% →
RENAL 5.40 bits
6.7% →
GLARE 4.49 bits
5.2% →
NADIR 4.91 bits
4.2% →
ALTER 4.69 bits
4.0% →
TALON 5.05 bits
3.7% →
COALY 4.89 bits
2.8% →
CLARY 4.37 bits
2.5% →
LURCH 4.68 bits
2.3% →
DINER 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1H4I1T1E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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