5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SKOSH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /skoʊʃ//skɑʃ/

Noun

A tiny amount; a little bit.

“He added just a skosh of vinegar, to give the recipe some zip.”

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 SKOSH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SKOSH 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 61.6% of games, misses completely in 38.4%, and leaves about 428 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,929 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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___H S in the 1st position and H in the 5th position S__S_ S in the 1st position and S in the 4th position

Try next

RAILE TONER PLATE GRADE TIARE CRANE
Words starting with S Words ending with H

First-turn measures

3.59 Entropy (bits)
428 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SKOSH 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,929 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SKOSH ranks #12,929 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
24
3 guesses
720
4 guesses
1,248
5 guesses
333
6 guesses
29

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
62%
Green tile
34%
All gray
38%

Feedback distribution

55 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

907
308
190
121
107
95
74
60
56
44
34
31
28
25
22
19
19
19
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12
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SKOSH:

38% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
13% chance
Suggested:
TONER
8% chance
Suggested:
PLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

38.4% →
RAILE 6.27 bits
13.1% →
TONER 5.27 bits
8.1% →
PLATE 5.43 bits
5.1% →
GRADE 4.58 bits
4.5% →
TIARE 5.66 bits
4.0% →
CRANE 5.30 bits
3.1% →
PLATE 4.49 bits
2.5% →
PARTE 4.88 bits
2.4% →
TUILE 4.69 bits
1.9% →
PEART 3.74 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1K5O1S1H4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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