5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SKELM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of schelm.

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 SKELM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SKELM 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 80.4% of games, misses completely in 19.6%, and leaves about 206 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,223 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___M S in the 1st position and M in the 5th position S__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position

Try next

TRAIN ROATE TONAL LAREE ROANY MOURN
Words starting with S Words ending with M

First-turn measures

4.46 Entropy (bits)
206 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 49% of evaluated openers
1.49 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SKELM 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,223 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SKELM ranks #7,223 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
817
4 guesses
1,242
5 guesses
220
6 guesses
14
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)
80%
Green tile
28%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

463
402
159
139
117
97
92
76
68
63
61
60
54
35
29
27
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SKELM:

20% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
17% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
7% chance
Suggested:
TONAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.6% →
TRAIN 6.07 bits
17.0% →
ROATE 5.29 bits
6.7% →
TONAL 5.14 bits
5.9% →
LAREE 4.64 bits
5.0% →
ROANY 4.81 bits
4.1% →
MOURN 4.81 bits
3.9% →
ROAST 5.02 bits
3.2% →
ROAST 4.86 bits
2.9% →
CARNE 4.37 bits
2.7% →
IDYLL 4.10 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1K5E1L1M3
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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