5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SKEET

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /skiːt/

Noun

A form of trapshooting using clay targets to simulate birds in flight.

Noun

A hand consisting of a 9, a 5, a 2, and two other cards lower than 9.

Verb

To shoot or spray.

Verb

To ejaculate.

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 SKEET performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SKEET 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 75.9% of games, misses completely in 24.1%, and leaves about 218 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,204 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___T S in the 1st position and T in the 5th position S__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _K__T K in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

LAIRY RAILE TOTAL RAINY LASSO TARTE
Words starting with S Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.49 Entropy (bits)
218 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SKEET 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,204 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SKEET ranks #10,204 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
777
4 guesses
1,253
5 guesses
258
6 guesses
24

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
39%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

568
287
160
152
116
101
87
84
78
48
46
39
32
30
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28
28
28
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26
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18
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SKEET:

24% chance
Suggested:
LAIRY
12% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
7% chance
Suggested:
TOTAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.1% →
LAIRY 5.72 bits
12.2% →
RAILE 5.24 bits
6.8% →
TOTAL 5.02 bits
6.4% →
RAINY 4.47 bits
4.9% →
LAIRY 4.77 bits
4.3% →
RAINY 4.41 bits
3.7% →
LASSO 4.74 bits
3.6% →
TARTE 4.69 bits
3.3% →
CLARY 5.08 bits
2.0% →
ROULE 4.24 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1K5E1E1T1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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