5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SKANK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈskæŋk/[ˈskæŋk]/ˈskeɪ̯ŋk/

Noun

A lewd and disreputable person, often female, especially an unattractive person with an air of tawdry promiscuity.

Noun

Anything that is particularly foul, unhygienic or unpleasant.

Adjective

Lewd, vulgar, skanky.

Adjective

Foul, unhygienic.

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.

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___K S in the 1st position and K in the 5th position S__N_ S in the 1st position and N in the 4th position

Try next

TOILE TALER LINER PORTE RUOTE TRICE
Words starting with S Words ending with K

First-turn measures

3.88 Entropy (bits)
312 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 17% of evaluated openers
2.07 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SKANK 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#12,343 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SKANK ranks #12,343 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
708
4 guesses
1,282
5 guesses
306
6 guesses
22
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
1 vowels
Common:
ANS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
32%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

62 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

704
353
173
147
134
132
93
78
51
51
42
37
30
28
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25
21
17
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SKANK:

30% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
15% chance
Suggested:
TALER
7% chance
Suggested:
LINER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.9% →
TOILE 6.05 bits
15.0% →
TALER 5.59 bits
7.3% →
LINER 5.08 bits
6.2% →
PORTE 5.19 bits
5.7% →
RUOTE 5.49 bits
5.6% →
TRICE 5.12 bits
3.9% →
CANOE 4.51 bits
3.3% →
GOIER 4.80 bits
2.2% →
PAISE 4.35 bits
2.2% →
THALE 3.89 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1K5A1N1K5
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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