5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SINKY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsɪŋki/

Adjective

Into which one can sink.

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 SINKY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SINKY 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 72.3% of games, misses completely in 27.7%, and leaves about 253 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,070 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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

ROATE CRATE DROLE PARTE URATE LATER
Words starting with S Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.32 Entropy (bits)
253 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 39% of evaluated openers
1.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SINKY 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,070 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SINKY ranks #7,070 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
860
4 guesses
1,210
5 guesses
216
6 guesses
20
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:
INS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
40%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

652
197
172
161
150
145
95
82
57
48
41
40
29
28
28
27
27
25
23
23
19
19
18
15
15
13
13
12
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SINKY:

28% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
8% chance
Suggested:
CRATE
7% chance
Suggested:
DROLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.7% →
ROATE 6.18 bits
8.4% →
CRATE 5.50 bits
7.3% →
DROLE 4.96 bits
6.8% →
PARTE 5.46 bits
6.4% →
ROATE 5.32 bits
6.1% →
URATE 5.42 bits
4.0% →
LATER 4.81 bits
3.5% →
TARGE 4.74 bits
2.4% →
CARTE 4.71 bits
2.0% →
CARLE 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1I1N1K5Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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