5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SKEAN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈskiːn//ˈskin/

Noun

Synonym of sgian dubh (“a small, single-edged knife worn tucked into the hose (stocking) as part of traditional Scottish Highland dress along with the kilt”).

Noun

Obsolete spelling of skein.

Alternative forms: skene, skeyn

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 SKEAN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SKEAN 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 86.1% of games, misses completely in 13.9%, and leaves about 147 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,602 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___N S in the 1st position and N in the 5th position S__A_ S in the 1st position and A in the 4th position

Try next

MOULT TOILE RATIO CARLE COUNT NOIRE
Words starting with S Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.90 Entropy (bits)
147 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 78% of evaluated openers
1.05 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SKEAN 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,602 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SKEAN ranks #6,602 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
852
4 guesses
1,197
5 guesses
225
6 guesses
16
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:
AENS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
30%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

328
324
216
170
109
84
77
70
60
52
51
47
47
45
44
35
31
26
25
25
25
24
24
23
23
21
18
17
17
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SKEAN:

14% chance
Suggested:
MOULT
14% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
9% chance
Suggested:
RATIO

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.9% →
MOULT 5.57 bits
13.7% →
TOILE 5.25 bits
9.2% →
RATIO 4.97 bits
7.2% →
CARLE 4.73 bits
4.6% →
COUNT 4.95 bits
3.6% →
NOIRE 4.42 bits
3.3% →
SPOUT 4.34 bits
3.0% →
HOIST 4.70 bits
2.5% →
GIANT 4.14 bits
2.2% →
GREET 4.27 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1K5E1A1N1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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