5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SKEWS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /skjuːz//skjuz/

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of skew

Noun

plural of skew

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 SKEWS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SKEWS 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 68.0% of games, misses completely in 32.0%, and leaves about 431 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,415 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.94 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__W_ S in the 1st position and W in the 4th position _K__S K in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON RAILE SAULT TRASH TRADE ROAST
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.37 Entropy (bits)
431 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SKEWS 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.

3.94 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#14,415 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SKEWS ranks #14,415 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
23
3 guesses
584
4 guesses
1,282
5 guesses
433
6 guesses
32

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
24%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

46 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

755
615
152
89
86
83
82
80
56
50
36
36
28
18
17
15
14
14
11
10
10
8
8
7
7
7
7
6
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SKEWS:

32% chance
Suggested:
TALON
26% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
6% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.0% →
TALON 5.78 bits
26.1% →
RAILE 5.36 bits
6.4% →
SAULT 4.62 bits
3.8% →
TRASH 4.85 bits
3.6% →
TRADE 4.54 bits
3.5% →
ROAST 4.75 bits
3.5% →
CAULK 5.03 bits
3.4% →
PARTE 4.41 bits
2.4% →
WORTH 4.53 bits
2.1% →
RONTE 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1K5E1W4S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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