5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SITKA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsɪtkə/

Noun

A member of an indigenous tribe of people from Baranof Island, in the area of Sitka, Alaska.

Proper noun

A consolidated city and borough in Alaska, United States.

Proper noun

An island, the modern Baranof Island, where the city of Sitka is located.

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 SITKA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SITKA 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 81.7% of games, misses completely in 18.3%, and leaves about 169 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,628 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___A S in the 1st position and A in the 5th position S__K_ S in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _I__A I in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

DROLE CARLE CRINE TROUT ALERT DRONE
Words starting with S Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.74 Entropy (bits)
169 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.21 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SITKA 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#4,628 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SITKA ranks #4,628 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
902
4 guesses
1,190
5 guesses
196
6 guesses
11
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:
AIST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
32%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

431
330
149
119
108
98
88
70
69
67
66
54
48
38
38
37
37
36
34
32
30
30
25
19
17
17
16
16
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SITKA:

18% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
14% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
6% chance
Suggested:
CRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.3% →
DROLE 5.97 bits
14.0% →
CARLE 5.55 bits
6.3% →
CRINE 5.32 bits
5.0% →
TROUT 5.29 bits
4.6% →
ALERT 4.57 bits
4.2% →
DRONE 4.59 bits
3.7% →
PRONE 4.89 bits
3.0% →
COURE 4.97 bits
2.9% →
ALIEN 4.57 bits
2.8% →
PARLE 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1I1T1K5A1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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