5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SKELF

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.1% 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 SKELF performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SKELF 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 78.1% of games, misses completely in 21.9%, and leaves about 234 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,346 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position

Try next

TRAIN ROATE TONAL LAREE ROAST PARTE
Words starting with S Words ending with F

First-turn measures

4.30 Entropy (bits)
234 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 39% of evaluated openers
1.64 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SKELF 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#8,346 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SKELF ranks #8,346 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
784
4 guesses
1,275
5 guesses
236
6 guesses
6
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
1 vowels
Common:
ELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
27%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

517
425
155
141
121
102
79
71
65
62
54
50
40
37
31
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26
22
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7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SKELF:

22% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
18% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
7% chance
Suggested:
TONAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.9% →
TRAIN 5.98 bits
18.0% →
ROATE 5.33 bits
6.6% →
TONAL 5.03 bits
6.0% →
LAREE 4.64 bits
5.1% →
ROAST 4.72 bits
4.3% →
ROAST 4.97 bits
3.4% →
ROAST 4.80 bits
3.0% →
PARTE 4.43 bits
2.8% →
IDYLL 4.14 bits
2.6% →
TRADE 4.73 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1K5E1L1F4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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