5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet F tier opener

SKULK

SKULK is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 82.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /skʌlk//skʊlk/

Noun

A group of foxes.

Noun

A group of people seen as being fox-like (e.g. cunning, dishonest, or having nefarious plans).

Verb

To stay where one cannot be seen, conceal oneself (often in a cowardly way or with the intent of doing harm).

Verb

To move in a stealthy or furtive way; to come or go while trying to avoid detection.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 SKULK performs as a guess

SKULK is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 62.4% of games, misses completely in 37.6%, and leaves about 418 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,930 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___K S in the 1st position and K in the 5th position S__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position

Try next

TIARE ROATE PARTE RONTE DAINE TRODE
Words starting with S Words ending with K

First-turn measures

3.56 Entropy (bits)
418 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
82.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 8% of evaluated openers
2.39 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SKULK 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
0.71 Volatility
#12,930 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SKULK ranks #12,930 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
29
3 guesses
698
4 guesses
1,270
5 guesses
328
6 guesses
27
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:
LSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
62%
Green tile
29%
All gray
38%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
S K U L K

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SKULK in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

57 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

886
304
187
155
150
88
70
41
40
39
37
34
31
31
27
25
22
21
19
18
15
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10
6
6
6
5
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SKULK:

38% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
13% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
8% chance
Suggested:
PARTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

37.6% →
TIARE 6.20 bits
12.9% →
ROATE 5.37 bits
7.9% →
PARTE 5.45 bits
6.6% →
RONTE 5.03 bits
6.4% →
ROATE 5.55 bits
3.7% →
DAINE 4.75 bits
3.0% →
TRODE 4.76 bits
1.7% →
OLATE 4.42 bits
1.7% →
TOISE 4.01 bits
1.7% →
PORAE 4.68 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1K5U1L1K5
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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