5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SKIRR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To leave hastily; to flee, especially with a whirring sound

Verb

To make a whirring sound.

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 SKIRR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SKIRR 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 73.3% of games, misses completely in 26.7%, and leaves about 256 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,867 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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__R_ S in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _K__R K in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

ALONE COATE TILDE PALET OLATE CANOE
Words starting with S Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.12 Entropy (bits)
256 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 28% of evaluated openers
1.83 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SKIRR 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,867 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SKIRR ranks #9,867 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
28
3 guesses
816
4 guesses
1,224
5 guesses
259
6 guesses
23
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:
IRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
37%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

62 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

630
253
221
162
135
106
105
73
68
51
51
45
39
35
33
33
30
27
27
24
21
20
17
17
11
10
8
7
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SKIRR:

27% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
11% chance
Suggested:
COATE
9% chance
Suggested:
TILDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.7% →
ALONE 5.98 bits
10.7% →
COATE 5.54 bits
9.4% →
TILDE 5.11 bits
6.9% →
PALET 5.35 bits
5.7% →
OLATE 5.35 bits
4.5% →
OLATE 4.16 bits
4.5% →
ALONE 4.97 bits
3.1% →
CANOE 5.07 bits
2.9% →
COATE 4.92 bits
2.2% →
BLATE 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1K5I1R1R1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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