5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SIZES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪzɪz/

Noun

plural of size

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of size

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 SIZES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SIZES 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 75.4% of games, misses completely in 24.6%, and leaves about 279 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,191 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.92 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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

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

First-turn measures

3.82 Entropy (bits)
279 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 15% of evaluated openers
2.13 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SIZES 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.

3.92 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,191 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SIZES ranks #14,191 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
605
4 guesses
1,269
5 guesses
408
6 guesses
34
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIS

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

53 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

581
405
217
203
157
99
97
83
71
69
50
35
31
30
23
21
20
15
13
13
11
10
9
9
7
7
7
6
5
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SIZES:

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

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.6% →
CORAL 5.80 bits
17.2% →
LEARE 5.49 bits
9.2% →
CAIRN 5.32 bits
8.6% →
SOLAR 4.08 bits
6.7% →
ROANY 4.71 bits
4.2% →
SALTY 3.69 bits
4.1% →
TRINE 4.53 bits
3.5% →
PARTE 4.55 bits
3.0% →
TRASH 4.90 bits
2.9% →
ROATE 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1I1Z10E1S1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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