5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SKETS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of sket

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 SKETS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SKETS 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 75.9% of games, misses completely in 24.1%, and leaves about 286 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,591 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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__T_ S in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _K__S K in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LAIRY RAILE TAROT EATER ROANY CLARY
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.97 Entropy (bits)
286 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 21% of evaluated openers
1.98 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SKETS 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#12,591 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SKETS ranks #12,591 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
29
3 guesses
704
4 guesses
1,285
5 guesses
306
6 guesses
26
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:
EST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
28%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

58 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

568
499
203
126
103
78
69
62
61
59
58
51
40
33
32
28
26
23
19
17
16
16
12
12
12
10
10
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SKETS:

24% chance
Suggested:
LAIRY
21% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
TAROT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.1% →
LAIRY 5.72 bits
21.2% →
RAILE 5.41 bits
8.6% →
TAROT 5.12 bits
5.3% →
EATER 4.69 bits
4.4% →
ROANY 4.90 bits
3.3% →
CLARY 5.08 bits
2.9% →
CARNE 4.39 bits
2.6% →
ROULE 4.62 bits
2.6% →
CREED 4.34 bits
2.5% →
STAIR 4.01 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1K5E1T1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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