5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SKYED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

simple past and past participle of sky

“He miskicked and skyed the ball over the goal.”

Adjective

Surrounded by sky.

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 SKYED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SKYED 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 79.1% of games, misses completely in 20.9%, and leaves about 210 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,583 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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___D S in the 1st position and D in the 5th position S__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position

Try next

TRAIL TIARE LATER LAIRY ROAST ROUTE
Words starting with S Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.30 Entropy (bits)
210 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 39% of evaluated openers
1.65 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SKYED 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,583 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SKYED ranks #11,583 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
712
4 guesses
1,301
5 guesses
278
6 guesses
21
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
1 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
32%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

492
352
182
159
134
98
86
85
80
64
63
54
49
43
31
30
30
29
29
29
18
18
17
16
15
13
13
12
12
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SKYED:

21% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
15% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
8% chance
Suggested:
LATER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.9% →
TRAIL 6.06 bits
14.9% →
TIARE 5.32 bits
7.7% →
LATER 4.36 bits
6.7% →
LAIRY 4.58 bits
5.7% →
ROAST 4.61 bits
4.2% →
ROAST 4.84 bits
3.6% →
TIARE 4.25 bits
3.6% →
ROUTE 4.44 bits
3.4% →
RAILE 4.46 bits
2.7% →
CLARY 4.67 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1K5Y4E1D2
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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