5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SKIVE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈskaɪv/

Verb

To avoid one's lessons or work (chiefly at school or university); shirk.

Noun

Something very easy, where one can slack off without penalty.

“Mr Smith's history classes are a total skive.”

Noun

An act of avoiding lessons or work.

Verb

To pare or shave off the rough or thick parts of.

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 SKIVE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SKIVE 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 78.3% of games, misses completely in 21.7%, and leaves about 214 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,224 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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__V_ S in the 1st position and V in the 4th position _K__E K in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TALON ALTER TRAIN ALURE ROAST TRASH
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.37 Entropy (bits)
214 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 43% of evaluated openers
1.58 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SKIVE 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,224 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SKIVE ranks #11,224 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
709
4 guesses
1,300
5 guesses
280
6 guesses
15
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:
EIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
38%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

511
348
185
165
132
96
89
64
63
52
51
42
40
40
34
34
32
28
27
24
24
24
21
21
16
16
14
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SKIVE:

22% chance
Suggested:
TALON
15% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
8% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.7% →
TALON 5.74 bits
14.8% →
ALTER 5.43 bits
7.8% →
TRAIN 5.04 bits
7.0% →
ALURE 4.27 bits
5.6% →
ROAST 4.60 bits
4.1% →
TRASH 4.95 bits
3.8% →
SLANT 4.27 bits
2.7% →
CLARY 5.09 bits
2.7% →
DINER 4.47 bits
2.2% →
ROAST 3.84 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1K5I1V4E1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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