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

SKILL

Yes, SKILL was the Wordle answer on February 6, 2022 (Wordle #232).

As an opener, it rules out about 86.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /skɪl/[skɪɫ][skɪo̯]

Noun

A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate.

“Where did you pick up that skill?”

Noun

A reusable configuration (prompt) that defines how an AI agent performs a specific task.

Adjective

Great, excellent.

Verb

To set apart; separate.

Alternative forms: skil

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: February 6, 2022 (#232).

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

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How SKILL performs as a guess

SKILL 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 67.8% of games, misses completely in 32.2%, and leaves about 321 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,257 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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___L S in the 1st position and L in the 5th position S__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _K__L K in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE RONTE PARTE TRONE TONER CARNE
Words starting with S Words ending with L

First-turn measures

3.97 Entropy (bits)
321 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
86.4% 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 SKILL 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,257 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SKILL ranks #9,257 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
814
4 guesses
1,226
5 guesses
254
6 guesses
20
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:
ILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
34%
All gray
32%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
A S K E W
S K I L L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SKILL in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

760
231
179
177
154
120
77
75
53
42
34
33
30
30
27
27
25
24
23
21
21
16
16
12
10
8
7
6
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SKILL:

32% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
10% chance
Suggested:
RONTE
8% chance
Suggested:
PARTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.2% →
ROATE 6.19 bits
9.8% →
RONTE 5.34 bits
7.6% →
PARTE 5.50 bits
7.5% →
ROATE 5.30 bits
6.5% →
ROATE 5.57 bits
5.1% →
TRONE 5.19 bits
3.3% →
TONER 4.56 bits
3.2% →
CARNE 5.23 bits
2.2% →
CARTE 4.41 bits
1.8% →
TILDE 4.29 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1K5I1L1L1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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