5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SKEAR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

Pronunciation spelling of scare.

Noun

Pronunciation spelling of scare.

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 SKEAR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SKEAR 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 87.1% of games, misses completely in 12.9%, and leaves about 117 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,399 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___R S in the 1st position and R in the 5th position S__A_ S in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _K__R K in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

MOULT TOILE TALON DROIT TABLE PORTE
Words starting with S Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.14 Entropy (bits)
117 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 90% of evaluated openers
0.81 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SKEAR 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,399 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SKEAR ranks #5,399 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
890
4 guesses
1,171
5 guesses
220
6 guesses
13
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:
AERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
34%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

304
230
183
134
122
110
100
93
83
52
51
49
43
41
36
36
36
32
30
29
29
25
24
24
23
20
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19
18
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SKEAR:

13% chance
Suggested:
MOULT
10% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
8% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.9% →
MOULT 5.42 bits
9.8% →
TOILE 5.44 bits
7.8% →
TALON 5.01 bits
5.7% →
DROIT 4.91 bits
5.2% →
TABLE 4.71 bits
4.7% →
PORTE 4.35 bits
4.2% →
DIARY 4.21 bits
3.9% →
TOILE 3.44 bits
3.5% →
SPILT 4.41 bits
2.2% →
CLADE 3.80 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1K5E1A1R1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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