5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SIKES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of sike

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of sike

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 SIKES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SIKES 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 77.7% of games, misses completely in 22.3%, and leaves about 240 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,396 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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___S S in the 1st position and S in the 5th position S__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position SI_ES S in the 1st position, I in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

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TALON LEARE TRAIN SOLAR ROANY SALTY
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.12 Entropy (bits)
240 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SIKES 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,396 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SIKES ranks #13,396 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
664
4 guesses
1,274
5 guesses
348
6 guesses
32

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
36%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

64 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

527
384
203
194
126
99
95
72
69
67
65
40
34
31
31
31
29
23
19
18
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11
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9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SIKES:

22% chance
Suggested:
TALON
16% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.3% →
TALON 5.74 bits
16.3% →
LEARE 5.50 bits
8.6% →
TRAIN 5.40 bits
8.2% →
SOLAR 4.09 bits
5.3% →
ROANY 4.78 bits
4.2% →
SALTY 3.71 bits
4.0% →
TRINE 4.49 bits
3.1% →
PARTE 4.54 bits
2.9% →
ROATE 4.41 bits
2.8% →
TRASH 4.89 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1I1K5E1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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