5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

SINEW

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsɪnjuː//ˈsɪny//ˈsɪnju/

Noun

A cord or tendon of the body.

Noun

A cord or string, particularly (music) as of a musical instrument.

Verb

To knit together or make strong with, or as if with, sinews.

Alternative forms: sinnew

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 SINEW performs as a guess

SINEW 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 83.3% of games, misses completely in 16.7%, and leaves about 152 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,573 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___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 _I__W I in the 2nd position and W in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL CRATE ALTER TRAIL CLARY GRANT
Words starting with S Words ending with W

First-turn measures

4.90 Entropy (bits)
152 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 78% of evaluated openers
1.04 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SINEW 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
0.71 Volatility
#5,573 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SINEW ranks #5,573 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
855
4 guesses
1,192
5 guesses
218
6 guesses
15
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
2 vowels
Common:
EINS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
39%
All gray
17%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E N
S I N E W

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SINEW in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

393
312
141
133
115
89
89
73
72
69
65
65
59
49
35
32
30
29
22
22
22
21
20
20
19
19
19
18
17
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SINEW:

17% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
13% chance
Suggested:
CRATE
6% chance
Suggested:
ALTER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.7% →
CAROL 5.89 bits
13.2% →
CRATE 5.63 bits
6.0% →
ALTER 4.35 bits
5.6% →
TRAIL 5.22 bits
4.9% →
CLARY 4.79 bits
3.8% →
GRANT 4.83 bits
3.8% →
TRASH 4.88 bits
3.1% →
SALTY 3.79 bits
3.1% →
URATE 4.45 bits
2.9% →
LAIRY 4.14 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1I1N1E1W4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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