5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

SILKY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsɪlki/

Adjective

Similar in appearance or texture (especially in softness and smoothness) to silk.

“silky hair”

Adjective

Smooth and pleasant; seductive.

“a silky voice”

Noun

Alternative spelling of silkie.

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 SILKY performs as a guess

SILKY 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 75.3% of games, misses completely in 24.7%, and leaves about 227 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,595 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___Y S in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position S__K_ S in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ORATE ROATE TRONE PEART TRODE RONTE
Words starting with S Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.41 Entropy (bits)
227 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 45% of evaluated openers
1.54 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SILKY 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,595 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SILKY ranks #5,595 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
892
4 guesses
1,187
5 guesses
210
6 guesses
14
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:
ILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
39%
All gray
25%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
S I L K Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SILKY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

582
239
209
155
153
124
96
71
51
42
42
38
35
30
28
27
27
26
26
25
24
22
21
17
16
15
14
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SILKY:

25% chance
Suggested:
ORATE
10% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.7% →
ORATE 6.17 bits
10.1% →
ROATE 5.35 bits
8.9% →
TRONE 5.64 bits
6.6% →
PEART 5.47 bits
6.5% →
TRODE 4.73 bits
5.3% →
ROATE 5.42 bits
4.1% →
RONTE 4.87 bits
3.0% →
GLARE 4.60 bits
2.2% →
TRACE 4.83 bits
1.8% →
PLATE 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1I1L1K5Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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