5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SILTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /sɪlts/

Noun

plural of silt

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of silt

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 SILTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SILTS 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 75.3% of games, misses completely in 24.7%, and leaves about 224 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,495 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___S S in the 1st position and S in the 5th position S__T_ S in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CARNE CRANE CARET DRONE CLADE PORAE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.40 Entropy (bits)
224 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% 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 SILTS 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
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,495 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SILTS ranks #5,495 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
894
4 guesses
1,189
5 guesses
206
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ILST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
33%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

583
253
191
162
135
81
72
70
68
64
61
57
54
39
35
33
27
25
22
19
19
17
16
16
14
13
13
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SILTS:

25% chance
Suggested:
CARNE
11% chance
Suggested:
CRANE
8% chance
Suggested:
CARET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.7% →
CARNE 6.12 bits
10.7% →
CRANE 5.33 bits
8.1% →
CARET 5.52 bits
6.9% →
CRANE 5.56 bits
5.7% →
CARNE 5.40 bits
3.4% →
DRONE 4.65 bits
3.1% →
CRANE 4.67 bits
3.0% →
CLADE 4.58 bits
2.9% →
PORAE 4.89 bits
2.7% →
PEART 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1I1L1T1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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