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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess F tier opener

SKIMP

Yes, SKIMP was the Wordle answer on May 28, 2023 (Wordle #708).

As an opener, it rules out about 85.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈskɪmp//ˈskɘmp/

Verb

To mock, deride, scorn, scold, make fun of.

“I thought Adie was only skimpin' me.”

Verb

To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.

Noun

A skimpy or insubstantial thing, especially a piece of clothing.

Noun

Underwear.

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 28, 2023 (#708).

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

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How SKIMP performs as a guess

SKIMP 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 66.2% of games, misses completely in 33.8%, and leaves about 341 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,039 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___P S in the 1st position and P in the 5th position S__M_ S in the 1st position and M in the 4th position

Try next

ROATE TILDE LEANT GLARE MORAE PARTE
Words starting with S Words ending with P

First-turn measures

3.93 Entropy (bits)
341 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
85.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 20% of evaluated openers
2.02 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SKIMP 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#8,039 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SKIMP ranks #8,039 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
813
4 guesses
1,261
5 guesses
216
6 guesses
17
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
1 vowels
Common:
IS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
28%
All gray
34%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SKIMP in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

796
230
168
148
136
125
116
97
39
38
31
30
28
27
26
26
24
17
17
16
15
15
14
13
11
11
10
9
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SKIMP:

34% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
10% chance
Suggested:
TILDE
7% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.8% →
ROATE 6.15 bits
9.8% →
TILDE 5.13 bits
7.1% →
LEANT 5.34 bits
6.3% →
ROATE 5.59 bits
5.8% →
GLARE 4.97 bits
5.3% →
MORAE 5.35 bits
4.9% →
PARTE 5.51 bits
4.1% →
CARLE 5.44 bits
1.7% →
PALET 4.49 bits
1.6% →
COATE 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1K5I1M3P3
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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