5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

SIXTY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsɪksti/

Numeral

The cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine and before sixty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LX and in Arabic numerals as 60.

Noun

A commercial lasting 60 seconds.

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 SIXTY performs as a guess

SIXTY 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 71.8% of games, misses completely in 28.2%, and leaves about 271 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,530 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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__T_ S in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

CRANE CARET DROLE PARLE HAOLE RANCE
Words starting with S Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.10 Entropy (bits)
271 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 28% of evaluated openers
1.85 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SIXTY 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#9,530 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SIXTY ranks #9,530 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
788
4 guesses
1,277
5 guesses
235
6 guesses
19
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:
IST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
39%
All gray
28%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
S I X T Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SIXTY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

664
223
206
186
160
109
84
82
74
49
47
43
34
33
27
27
24
21
21
21
18
18
14
11
11
10
10
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SIXTY:

28% chance
Suggested:
CRANE
9% chance
Suggested:
CARET
9% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.2% →
CRANE 6.18 bits
9.5% →
CARET 5.50 bits
8.7% →
CRANE 5.62 bits
7.9% →
DROLE 4.91 bits
6.8% →
PARLE 5.29 bits
4.6% →
HAOLE 5.14 bits
3.6% →
RANCE 4.77 bits
3.5% →
CRANE 4.72 bits
3.1% →
PEART 4.41 bits
2.1% →
ALURE 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1I1X8T1Y4
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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