5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SHOPE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

simple past of shape

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 SHOPE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SHOPE 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 84.5% of games, misses completely in 15.5%, and leaves about 150 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,139 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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__P_ S in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _H__E H in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL ALTER TALON RAILE SLANT CLARY
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.97 Entropy (bits)
150 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 82% of evaluated openers
0.98 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHOPE 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#4,139 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHOPE ranks #4,139 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
900
4 guesses
1,149
5 guesses
209
6 guesses
18
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:
EOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
40%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

366
318
192
169
102
86
76
61
58
58
46
38
36
36
36
33
31
31
29
29
28
24
24
23
21
20
19
17
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHOPE:

16% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
13% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
8% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.5% →
TRAIL 5.94 bits
13.5% →
ALTER 5.40 bits
8.1% →
TALON 4.98 bits
7.2% →
RAILE 4.51 bits
4.3% →
SLANT 4.74 bits
3.6% →
CLARY 4.24 bits
3.2% →
OWNER 4.12 bits
2.6% →
MIRTH 4.42 bits
2.5% →
PLAIT 4.99 bits
2.5% →
AMISS 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1H4O1P3E1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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