5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SKEIN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /skeɪn/

Noun

A quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape; a skein of cotton is formed by eighty turns of thread around a reel with a fifty-four inch diameter.

Noun

A thing resembling a skein (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1) of thread, yarn, etc.

Verb

To weave or wind (thread, yarn, etc.) into a skein (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1).

Verb

To intertwine or weave (something) with another thing.

Alternative forms: skain, skean

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 SKEIN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SKEIN 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 83.4% of games, misses completely in 16.6%, and leaves about 171 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,967 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__I_ S in the 1st position and I in the 4th position

Try next

REATE MORAL FLIRT ROAST DAUNT TRIDE
Words starting with S Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.77 Entropy (bits)
171 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 70% of evaluated openers
1.18 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SKEIN 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
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,967 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SKEIN ranks #6,967 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
860
4 guesses
1,193
5 guesses
230
6 guesses
17
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:
EINS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
31%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

394
391
127
104
103
103
88
77
74
70
67
60
53
43
33
32
31
27
26
23
23
21
21
21
19
17
17
15
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SKEIN:

17% chance
Suggested:
REATE
17% chance
Suggested:
MORAL
5% chance
Suggested:
FLIRT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.7% →
REATE 5.61 bits
16.6% →
MORAL 5.79 bits
5.4% →
FLIRT 4.79 bits
4.4% →
ROAST 4.66 bits
4.4% →
DAUNT 4.84 bits
4.4% →
TRIDE 4.74 bits
3.7% →
TRASH 4.95 bits
3.3% →
LATER 4.58 bits
3.1% →
RANEE 4.51 bits
3.0% →
URATE 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1K5E1I1N1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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