5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SIXES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of six

Noun

A pair of sixes.

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 SIXES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SIXES 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 75.0% of games, misses completely in 25.0%, and leaves about 283 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,329 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.93 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__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position SI_ES S in the 1st position, I in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON LEARE CAIRN SOLAR ROANY SALTY
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.81 Entropy (bits)
283 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SIXES 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.

3.93 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,329 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SIXES ranks #14,329 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
583
4 guesses
1,266
5 guesses
432
6 guesses
33

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
36%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

56 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

589
407
211
202
157
104
96
83
71
70
51
32
30
30
22
21
21
15
13
13
10
9
9
8
7
6
6
5
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SIXES:

25% chance
Suggested:
TALON
17% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
9% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.0% →
TALON 5.73 bits
17.3% →
LEARE 5.46 bits
8.9% →
CAIRN 5.30 bits
8.6% →
SOLAR 4.07 bits
6.7% →
ROANY 4.71 bits
4.4% →
SALTY 3.69 bits
4.1% →
TRINE 4.54 bits
3.5% →
PARTE 4.55 bits
3.0% →
TRASH 4.90 bits
3.0% →
ROATE 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1I1X8E1S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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