5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SKIED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /skiːd//skaɪd/

Verb

simple past and past participle of ski

Verb

simple past and past participle of sky

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 SKIED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SKIED 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 82.1% of games, misses completely in 17.9%, and leaves about 166 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,286 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___D S in the 1st position and D in the 5th position S__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position

Try next

TALON LEARE LATER TONIC ROAST TRASH
Words starting with S Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.71 Entropy (bits)
166 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 66% of evaluated openers
1.24 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SKIED 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#7,286 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SKIED ranks #7,286 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
811
4 guesses
1,272
5 guesses
205
6 guesses
12
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
2 vowels
Common:
EIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
39%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

423
304
163
160
122
94
79
78
70
69
66
62
49
45
35
30
30
28
28
26
24
23
21
21
20
15
14
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SKIED:

18% chance
Suggested:
TALON
13% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
7% chance
Suggested:
LATER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.9% →
TALON 5.85 bits
12.9% →
LEARE 5.51 bits
6.9% →
LATER 4.45 bits
6.8% →
TONIC 5.08 bits
5.2% →
ROAST 4.68 bits
4.0% →
TRASH 4.95 bits
3.4% →
ROUTE 4.48 bits
3.3% →
SLANT 4.32 bits
3.0% →
DEARE 4.79 bits
2.9% →
DOWDY 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1K5I1E1D2
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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