5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

SHREW

SHREW is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ʃɹuː//ʃɹɪu̯/

Noun

Any of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae.

Noun

Certain other small mammals that resemble true shrews.

Verb

To beshrew; to curse.

Alternative forms: shrow

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

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 SHREW performs as a guess

SHREW is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 81.6% of games, misses completely in 18.4%, and leaves about 167 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,782 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___W S in the 1st position and W in the 5th position S__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _H__W H in the 2nd position and W in the 5th position

Try next

TALON ALINE DROIT TRADE COALY LAIDE
Words starting with S Words ending with W

First-turn measures

4.80 Entropy (bits)
167 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SHREW 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#6,782 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SHREW ranks #6,782 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
856
4 guesses
1,150
5 guesses
261
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
37%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E D
P E R C H
S H R E W

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SHREW in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

109 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

435
274
197
140
127
124
84
84
79
70
53
48
36
33
28
26
26
25
25
19
17
17
16
15
14
14
14
13
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SHREW:

18% chance
Suggested:
TALON
12% chance
Suggested:
ALINE
8% chance
Suggested:
DROIT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.4% →
TALON 5.76 bits
11.6% →
ALINE 5.41 bits
8.4% →
DROIT 5.16 bits
5.9% →
TRADE 4.60 bits
5.4% →
COALY 4.67 bits
5.3% →
LAIDE 3.47 bits
3.6% →
LEANT 4.35 bits
3.6% →
TOUCH 4.74 bits
3.3% →
OASIS 4.80 bits
3.0% →
PLATE 4.67 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1H4R1E1W4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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