5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

SHORN

Yes, SHORN was the Wordle answer on May 18, 2023 (Wordle #698).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ʃɔːn//ʃɔɹn//ʃo(ː)ɹn/

Verb

past participle of shear

Adjective

Of a sheep, etc., having been shorn.

Adjective

Of a person, having had a haircut.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: May 18, 2023 (#698).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How SHORN performs as a guess

SHORN is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 83.2% of games, misses completely in 16.8%, and leaves about 147 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,175 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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___N S in the 1st position and N in the 5th position S__R_ S in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _H__N H in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

BAILE CADIE LIANE MODEL PLATE LEAST
Words starting with S Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.01 Entropy (bits)
147 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 84% of evaluated openers
0.93 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHORN 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#2,175 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHORN ranks #2,175 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
994
4 guesses
1,064
5 guesses
197
6 guesses
27
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:
NORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
34%
All gray
17%

Example solver route

R O A T E
G R I N D
A W A S H
S H O R N

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SHORN in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

395
294
158
123
122
91
86
70
53
52
51
50
47
42
41
38
34
32
30
27
27
26
24
24
23
21
17
15
15
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHORN:

17% chance
Suggested:
BAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
CADIE
7% chance
Suggested:
LIANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.8% →
BAILE 6.10 bits
12.5% →
CADIE 5.41 bits
6.7% →
LIANE 5.29 bits
5.2% →
MODEL 5.03 bits
5.2% →
PLATE 5.56 bits
3.9% →
LEAST 5.21 bits
3.6% →
ROVER 4.28 bits
3.0% →
PLACE 4.81 bits
2.2% →
BLATE 4.41 bits
2.2% →
BEATY 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1H4O1R1N1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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