5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SKINK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /skɪŋk/

Noun

A shin of beef.

“lean sirloin, skink and pot-roast”

Noun

Usually preceded by a descriptive word: a soup or pottage made using other ingredients.

“Cullen skink”

Verb

To serve (a drink).

Verb

To give (something) as a present.

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 SKINK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SKINK 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 63.9% of games, misses completely in 36.1%, and leaves about 386 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,393 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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___K S in the 1st position and K in the 5th position S__N_ S in the 1st position and N in the 4th position

Try next

ROATE TILDE PARLE MORAE CRATE TIARE
Words starting with S Words ending with K

First-turn measures

3.66 Entropy (bits)
386 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 11% of evaluated openers
2.29 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SKINK 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#12,393 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SKINK ranks #12,393 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
28
3 guesses
709
4 guesses
1,296
5 guesses
294
6 guesses
26
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:
INS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
31%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

58 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

852
223
189
175
175
114
88
78
38
38
38
29
28
28
23
20
20
19
17
17
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6
6
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SKINK:

36% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
9% chance
Suggested:
TILDE
8% chance
Suggested:
PARLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.1% →
ROATE 6.14 bits
9.5% →
TILDE 5.21 bits
8.0% →
PARLE 5.48 bits
7.4% →
MORAE 5.36 bits
7.4% →
ROATE 5.52 bits
4.8% →
CRATE 4.97 bits
3.7% →
TIARE 4.33 bits
3.3% →
ROATE 4.87 bits
1.6% →
CARLE 4.40 bits
1.6% →
GRATE 3.93 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1K5I1N1K5
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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