5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

SKIER

Yes, SKIER was the Wordle answer on May 27, 2024 (Wordle #1073).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈskiːə(ɹ)//ˈskaɪə(ɹ)/

Noun

One who skis.

“a professional skier”

Noun

A ball hit high in the air, often leading to a catch.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: May 27, 2024 (#1073).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How SKIER performs as a guess

SKIER is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 86.6% of games, misses completely in 13.4%, and leaves about 122 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,935 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___R S in the 1st position and R in the 5th position S__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _K__R K in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

MOULT DEALT HOARD TIDAL COATE SAULT
Words starting with S Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.07 Entropy (bits)
122 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 87% of evaluated openers
0.87 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SKIER 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,935 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SKIER ranks #5,935 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
872
4 guesses
1,170
5 guesses
233
6 guesses
13
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:
EIRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
39%
All gray
13%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E D
S K I E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SKIER in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

315
235
179
154
138
96
89
80
66
61
60
53
53
45
44
39
34
33
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29
25
25
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20

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SKIER:

13% chance
Suggested:
MOULT
10% chance
Suggested:
DEALT
8% chance
Suggested:
HOARD

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.4% →
MOULT 5.64 bits
10.0% →
DEALT 5.53 bits
7.6% →
HOARD 4.99 bits
6.5% →
TIDAL 4.86 bits
5.9% →
COATE 4.73 bits
4.1% →
SAULT 4.52 bits
3.8% →
OLATE 3.33 bits
3.4% →
ALONE 4.13 bits
2.8% →
LASSO 4.71 bits
2.6% →
SLANT 4.27 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1K5I1E1R1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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