5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SIXMO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.7% of possible answers.

Open Solver with SIXMO Open Word Finder

Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

sexto (as a paper size in printing).

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 SIXMO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SIXMO 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 73.0% of games, misses completely in 27.0%, and leaves about 290 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,486 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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___O S in the 1st position and O in the 5th position S__M_ S in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _I__O I in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE TALER CRANE LEANT PRATE CADET
Words starting with S Words ending with O

First-turn measures

3.89 Entropy (bits)
290 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 18% of evaluated openers
2.06 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SIXMO 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,486 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SIXMO ranks #11,486 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
761
4 guesses
1,227
5 guesses
304
6 guesses
24
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:
IOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
29%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

63 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

637
353
248
179
130
129
78
73
64
52
47
37
33
23
23
21
16
15
14
11
11
10
10
9
9
9
9
8
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SIXMO:

27% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
15% chance
Suggested:
TALER
11% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.0% →
CARLE 6.17 bits
15.0% →
TALER 5.19 bits
10.5% →
CRANE 5.47 bits
7.6% →
LEANT 5.34 bits
5.5% →
PRATE 5.41 bits
5.5% →
CADET 4.54 bits
3.3% →
MARLE 5.12 bits
3.1% →
PEART 3.95 bits
2.7% →
TRINE 4.23 bits
2.2% →
TALER 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1I1X8M3O1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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