5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SKELP

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /skɛlp/

Verb

To beat or slap with the hand.

Verb

To beat, pound or hammer.

Noun

A blow; a smart stroke, especially with the hand; a smack.

Noun

A squall; a heavy fall of rain.

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 SKELP performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SKELP 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 79.4% of games, misses completely in 20.6%, and leaves about 211 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,036 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___P S in the 1st position and P in the 5th position S__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position

Try next

TRAIN ROATE TONAL LAREE ROAST POUTY
Words starting with S Words ending with P

First-turn measures

4.52 Entropy (bits)
211 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 53% of evaluated openers
1.43 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SKELP 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,036 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SKELP ranks #6,036 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
836
4 guesses
1,236
5 guesses
203
6 guesses
13
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)
79%
Green tile
28%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

486
405
159
135
105
92
72
69
66
61
58
56
51
36
24
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SKELP:

21% 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.

20.6% →
TRAIN 5.99 bits
17.2% →
ROATE 5.32 bits
6.7% →
TONAL 5.10 bits
5.7% →
LAREE 4.63 bits
4.5% →
ROAST 4.67 bits
3.9% →
ROAST 4.88 bits
3.1% →
POUTY 4.73 bits
2.9% →
ROAST 4.83 bits
2.8% →
IDYLL 4.14 bits
2.6% →
PORAE 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1K5E1L1P3
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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