5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SKALD

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /skɔːld//skæld/

Noun

A Nordic poet of the Viking Age.

Alternative forms: scald

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 SKALD performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SKALD 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 77.7% of games, misses completely in 22.3%, and leaves about 194 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,910 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___D S in the 1st position and D in the 5th position S__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position

Try next

TRONE TONER GOIER RIONE RUOTE TRICE
Words starting with S Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.60 Entropy (bits)
194 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 59% of evaluated openers
1.34 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SKALD 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.66 Volatility
#3,910 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SKALD ranks #3,910 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
918
4 guesses
1,208
5 guesses
169
6 guesses
12
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:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
34%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

527
250
155
140
124
124
118
82
57
48
44
44
41
40
37
34
28
27
24
23
21
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20
17
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SKALD:

22% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
11% chance
Suggested:
TONER
7% chance
Suggested:
GOIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.3% →
TRONE 6.17 bits
10.6% →
TONER 5.41 bits
6.6% →
GOIER 5.06 bits
5.9% →
TONER 5.13 bits
5.3% →
RIONE 5.35 bits
5.3% →
RUOTE 5.52 bits
5.0% →
TONER 4.72 bits
3.5% →
TRICE 5.30 bits
2.4% →
BOITE 4.38 bits
2.0% →
COURE 4.83 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1K5A1L1D2
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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