5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SKEEF

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 SKEEF performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SKEEF 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 68.7% of games, misses completely in 31.3%, and leaves about 331 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,213 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 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___F S in the 1st position and F in the 5th position S__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position

Try next

TALON RAILE ROAST RAINY FLOAT CLARY
Words starting with S Words ending with F

First-turn measures

3.87 Entropy (bits)
331 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 17% of evaluated openers
2.08 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SKEEF 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,213 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SKEEF ranks #13,213 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
665
4 guesses
1,290
5 guesses
341
6 guesses
23
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:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
33%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

64 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

737
362
172
171
125
81
78
63
63
47
37
36
35
33
25
22
17
16
16
15
14
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11
10
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10
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SKEEF:

31% chance
Suggested:
TALON
15% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
7% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.3% →
TALON 5.80 bits
15.4% →
RAILE 5.17 bits
7.3% →
ROAST 4.65 bits
7.3% →
RAINY 4.36 bits
5.3% →
ROAST 5.00 bits
3.4% →
FLOAT 5.12 bits
3.3% →
CLARY 5.06 bits
2.7% →
RUOTE 4.13 bits
2.7% →
PARTE 4.01 bits
2.0% →
TREAD 4.66 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1K5E1E1F4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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