5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SKENE

SKENE 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

Pronunciation: /ˈskiːni/

Noun

An element of ancient Greek theater: the structure at the back of the stage.

Noun

Alternative form of skean (“a kind of dagger”).

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 SKENE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SKENE 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 74.8% of games, misses completely in 25.2%, and leaves about 233 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,797 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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___E S in the 1st position and E in the 5th position S__N_ S in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _K__E K in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL LATER GRATE TONIC ROAST TRASH
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
233 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 44% of evaluated openers
1.56 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SKENE 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,797 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SKENE ranks #9,797 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
763
4 guesses
1,270
5 guesses
258
6 guesses
15
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:
ENS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
41%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

595
277
179
146
137
122
88
82
58
47
45
40
35
28
27
27
26
26
25
21
19
19
18
15
14
13
12
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SKENE:

25% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
12% chance
Suggested:
LATER
8% chance
Suggested:
GRATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.2% →
TRAIL 5.88 bits
11.7% →
LATER 5.27 bits
7.6% →
GRATE 4.57 bits
6.2% →
TONIC 5.09 bits
5.8% →
ROAST 4.71 bits
5.2% →
TRASH 4.88 bits
3.7% →
LAIRY 4.31 bits
3.5% →
LINER 4.52 bits
2.5% →
CLARY 4.87 bits
2.0% →
PLATE 4.08 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1K5E1N1E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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