5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SHLEP

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ʃlɛp/

Noun

Alternative form of schlep.

Verb

Alternative form of schlep.

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 SHLEP performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SHLEP 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 82.5% of games, misses completely in 17.5%, and leaves about 156 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,836 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___P S in the 1st position and P in the 5th position S__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _H__P H in the 2nd position and P in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN TRADE CORAL TONER GLADE RAINY
Words starting with S Words ending with P

First-turn measures

4.91 Entropy (bits)
156 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 79% of evaluated openers
1.04 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHLEP 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,836 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHLEP ranks #2,836 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
77
3 guesses
907
4 guesses
1,181
5 guesses
175
6 guesses
13
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
1 vowels
Common:
ELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
36%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

413
277
190
150
110
97
90
78
58
55
51
49
43
41
36
34
30
24
22
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHLEP:

18% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
12% chance
Suggested:
TRADE
8% chance
Suggested:
CORAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.5% →
TRAIN 6.02 bits
11.7% →
TRADE 5.40 bits
8.1% →
CORAL 5.03 bits
6.4% →
TONER 4.34 bits
4.7% →
GLADE 4.51 bits
4.1% →
RAINY 4.73 bits
3.8% →
TORCH 4.87 bits
3.3% →
ROAST 4.88 bits
2.5% →
PATIO 4.86 bits
2.3% →
ROAST 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1H4L1E1P3
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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