5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SILOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of silo

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of silo

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 SILOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SILOS 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 78.6% of games, misses completely in 21.4%, and leaves about 205 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,408 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___S S in the 1st position and S in the 5th position S__O_ S in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRACE TRADE RANCE TRINE PEART CADET
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.38 Entropy (bits)
205 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SILOS 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
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,408 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SILOS ranks #7,408 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
870
4 guesses
1,172
5 guesses
238
6 guesses
23

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ILOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
33%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

504
265
218
198
142
106
89
85
79
66
52
51
42
40
39
33
28
21
20
19
14
14
14
13
12
12
11
11
11
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SILOS:

21% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRADE
9% chance
Suggested:
RANCE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.4% →
TRACE 6.26 bits
11.2% →
TRADE 5.25 bits
9.2% →
RANCE 5.29 bits
8.4% →
TRINE 5.65 bits
6.0% →
PEART 5.39 bits
4.5% →
CADET 4.55 bits
3.8% →
PRATE 5.27 bits
3.6% →
COATE 4.33 bits
3.3% →
CLADE 4.46 bits
2.8% →
CATER 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1I1L1O1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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