5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SHOWD

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 SHOWD performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SHOWD 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 68.5% of games, misses completely in 31.5%, and leaves about 305 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,243 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___D S in the 1st position and D in the 5th position S__W_ S in the 1st position and W in the 4th position _H__D H in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TALER PLANE TARSE CARTE GRATE
Words starting with S Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.13 Entropy (bits)
305 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHOWD 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#7,243 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHOWD ranks #7,243 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
837
4 guesses
1,234
5 guesses
223
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
30%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

742
231
195
140
132
107
90
58
44
44
43
43
43
42
35
29
23
19
16
16
15
13
12
11
10
10
10
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHOWD:

31% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
10% chance
Suggested:
TALER
8% chance
Suggested:
PLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.5% →
RAILE 6.23 bits
9.8% →
TALER 5.34 bits
8.3% →
PLANE 5.39 bits
5.9% →
RAILE 5.55 bits
5.6% →
TARSE 5.38 bits
4.5% →
CARTE 5.29 bits
3.8% →
GRATE 4.51 bits
2.5% →
ARIEL 4.72 bits
1.9% →
TONEY 4.16 bits
1.9% →
TIARE 4.77 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1H4O1W4D2
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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