5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SKEPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of skep

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of skep

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 SKEPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SKEPS 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 69.8% of games, misses completely in 30.2%, and leaves about 384 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,706 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.88 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___S S in the 1st position and S in the 5th position S__P_ S in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _K__S K in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON RAILE ROANY PATIO TRADE CLARY
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.62 Entropy (bits)
384 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 9% of evaluated openers
2.33 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SKEPS 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.

3.88 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,706 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SKEPS ranks #13,706 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
645
4 guesses
1,278
5 guesses
371
6 guesses
27
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
1 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
24%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

56 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

711
576
134
94
82
77
76
76
75
68
35
31
29
29
24
18
18
17
15
13
13
12
12
11
10
10
9
9
8
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SKEPS:

30% chance
Suggested:
TALON
24% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
6% chance
Suggested:
ROANY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.2% →
TALON 5.85 bits
24.4% →
RAILE 5.33 bits
5.7% →
ROANY 4.83 bits
4.0% →
PATIO 5.16 bits
3.5% →
TRADE 4.60 bits
3.3% →
CLARY 5.05 bits
3.2% →
PLIER 4.73 bits
3.2% →
TRASH 4.68 bits
3.2% →
ROAST 4.77 bits
2.9% →
TIARE 4.11 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1K5E1P3S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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