5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SKITE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /skaɪt/

Noun

A trick.

Noun

A contemptible person.

Verb

To boast.

Verb

To skim or slide along a surface.

Alternative forms: skyte

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 SKITE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SKITE 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 84.3% of games, misses completely in 15.7%, and leaves about 135 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,562 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___E S in the 1st position and E in the 5th position S__T_ S in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _K__E K in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

MOLAR RENAL GRACE NADIR COURT ALTER
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.05 Entropy (bits)
135 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 86% of evaluated openers
0.90 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SKITE 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,562 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SKITE ranks #3,562 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
922
4 guesses
1,165
5 guesses
190
6 guesses
12
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
2 vowels
Common:
EIST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
41%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

371
264
158
132
119
105
89
65
61
61
60
54
42
41
37
35
35
34
27
27
24
23
22
22
20
19
19
19
18
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SKITE:

16% chance
Suggested:
MOLAR
11% chance
Suggested:
RENAL
7% chance
Suggested:
GRACE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.7% →
MOLAR 5.79 bits
11.2% →
RENAL 5.43 bits
6.7% →
GRACE 4.57 bits
5.6% →
NADIR 4.93 bits
5.0% →
COURT 5.17 bits
4.5% →
ALTER 4.67 bits
3.8% →
CLARY 4.90 bits
2.8% →
CLARY 4.44 bits
2.6% →
PLAIT 4.15 bits
2.6% →
CLASS 4.71 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1K5I1T1E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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