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

SHRED

Yes, SHRED was the Wordle answer on February 25, 2026 (Wordle #1712).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ʃɹɛd/

Noun

A fragment of something; a particle; a piece; also, a very small amount.

“There isn’t a shred of evidence to support his claims.”

Noun

A long, narrow piece (especially of fabric) cut or torn off; a strip; specifically, a piece of cloth or clothing.

Verb

To cut or tear (something) into long, narrow pieces or strips.

Verb

To destroy (a document) by cutting or tearing into strips or small pieces that cannot easily be read, especially using a shredder.

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: February 25, 2026 (#1712).

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

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How SHRED performs as a guess

SHRED 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 84.3% of games, misses completely in 15.7%, and leaves about 129 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,348 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.

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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__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _H__D H in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

TALON ALINE TRAIN SLANT TRACE LEANT
Words starting with S Words ending with D

First-turn measures

5.10 Entropy (bits)
129 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 88% of evaluated openers
0.85 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHRED 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
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,348 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHRED ranks #2,348 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
947
4 guesses
1,139
5 guesses
184
6 guesses
12
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:
ERS

Feedback chances

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

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E D
S H R E D

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SHRED in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

371
217
171
124
118
112
80
77
75
66
66
64
52
47
35
31
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHRED:

16% chance
Suggested:
TALON
9% chance
Suggested:
ALINE
7% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.7% →
TALON 5.88 bits
9.2% →
ALINE 5.36 bits
7.3% →
TRAIN 5.11 bits
5.3% →
SLANT 4.58 bits
5.0% →
TRACE 4.64 bits
4.7% →
LEANT 3.50 bits
3.4% →
TOUCH 4.62 bits
3.3% →
OASIS 4.85 bits
3.2% →
LEANT 4.40 bits
2.8% →
DAILY 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1H4R1E1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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