5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SKEEZ

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.5% 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 SKEEZ performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SKEEZ 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 65.6% of games, misses completely in 34.4%, and leaves about 390 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,501 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.95 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___Z S in the 1st position and Z in the 5th position S__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position

Try next

TALON RAILE RAINY ROAST CLARY ROUTE
Words starting with S Words ending with Z

First-turn measures

3.54 Entropy (bits)
390 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 8% of evaluated openers
2.41 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SKEEZ 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.

3.95 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#14,501 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SKEEZ ranks #14,501 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
22
3 guesses
562
4 guesses
1,298
5 guesses
439
6 guesses
30
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)
66%
Green tile
33%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

49 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

811
384
189
184
135
86
65
64
52
40
36
35
26
23
20
18
16
14
14
14
14
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7
6
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SKEEZ:

34% chance
Suggested:
TALON
16% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
8% chance
Suggested:
RAINY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.4% →
TALON 5.78 bits
16.3% →
RAILE 5.22 bits
8.0% →
RAINY 4.38 bits
7.8% →
ROAST 4.62 bits
5.7% →
ROAST 4.99 bits
3.6% →
CLARY 5.07 bits
2.8% →
ROUTE 4.14 bits
2.7% →
PARTE 4.03 bits
2.2% →
TREAD 4.67 bits
1.7% →
REATE 3.90 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1K5E1E1Z10
Total: 18 points

Words With Friends

Total: 18 points

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