5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SKIES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /skaɪz//skiːz/

Noun

plural of sky though essentially synonymous with singular form; the heavens; the firmament; the atmosphere.

Noun

plural of skie.

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of sky

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of ski

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 SKIES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SKIES 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 77.7% of games, misses completely in 22.3%, and leaves about 240 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,247 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 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__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _K__S K in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON LEARE ANTIC SOLAR ROANY CLARY
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.14 Entropy (bits)
240 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 30% of evaluated openers
1.81 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SKIES 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,247 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SKIES ranks #13,247 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
666
4 guesses
1,279
5 guesses
337
6 guesses
32
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
2 vowels
Common:
EIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
38%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

527
384
209
194
126
93
72
69
67
67
65
59
41
32
29
28
23
22
17
16
16
16
14
13
13
12
10
10
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SKIES:

22% chance
Suggested:
TALON
16% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
9% chance
Suggested:
ANTIC

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.3% →
TALON 5.74 bits
16.3% →
LEARE 5.50 bits
8.9% →
ANTIC 5.06 bits
8.2% →
SOLAR 4.09 bits
5.3% →
ROANY 4.78 bits
3.9% →
CLARY 4.40 bits
3.1% →
PARTE 4.54 bits
2.9% →
ROATE 4.41 bits
2.8% →
TILDE 4.28 bits
2.8% →
TRASH 4.89 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1K5I1E1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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