5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SHIUR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈʃiː.ɚ//ˈʃiːɹ//ˈʃiːʊɹ/

Noun

A lesson on a topic in the Tanakh.

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 SHIUR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SHIUR 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 82.1% of games, misses completely in 17.9%, and leaves about 149 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,238 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___R S in the 1st position and R in the 5th position S__U_ S in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _H__R H in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

ALONE TRACE TILDE PLANE PLATE POTAE
Words starting with S Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.96 Entropy (bits)
149 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHIUR 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
0.71 Volatility
#3,238 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHIUR ranks #3,238 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
990
4 guesses
1,072
5 guesses
217
6 guesses
19

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IRSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
38%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

422
255
168
121
121
101
75
75
69
57
52
50
40
38
34
34
32
32
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28
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23
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18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHIUR:

18% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
7% chance
Suggested:
TILDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.9% →
ALONE 5.94 bits
10.8% →
TRACE 5.34 bits
7.1% →
TILDE 5.09 bits
5.1% →
PLANE 4.75 bits
5.1% →
PLATE 5.51 bits
4.3% →
POTAE 3.95 bits
3.2% →
ALONE 4.99 bits
3.2% →
PLATE 5.21 bits
2.9% →
PLATE 4.93 bits
2.4% →
PLATE 4.00 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1H4I1U1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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