Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

SKYER

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

No dictionary definition for SKYER is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

Check SKYER on Wiktionary or report a missing entry.

Use SKYER in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

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 SKYER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SKYER 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 84.5% of games, misses completely in 15.5%, and leaves about 155 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #10,296 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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.

First-turn measures

All four describe SKYER used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.68 Entropy (bits)
155 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How SKYER 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100% Solved within six
0.71 Spread of game lengths
#10,296 Rank among openers
Opening with SKYER solved every answer in the snapshot within six guesses. A spread of 0.71 means those games clustered within about 0.71 of a guess of the 3.77 average. It ranks #10,296 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
765
4 guesses
1,256
5 guesses
260
6 guesses
26

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
31%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

SKYER can come back 80 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

368 answers
291 answers
192 answers
159 answers
148 answers
110 answers
109 answers
88 answers
71 answers
69 answers
63 answers
56 answers
46 answers
43 answers
36 answers
34 answers
32 answers
31 answers
29 answers
29 answers
26 answers
25 answers
24 answers
23 answers
21 answers
19 answers
17 answers
16 answers
13 answers
12 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1K5Y4E1R1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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

Strategy after playing SKYER

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to SKYER.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SKYER:

15% chance
Suggested:
TONAL
12% chance
Suggested:
ALINE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.5%
TONAL 6.00 bits
12.3%
ALINE 5.34 bits
8.1%
TRAIN 5.25 bits
6.7%
DAILY 4.53 bits
6.2%
ORATE 4.55 bits
4.6%
TOILE 3.37 bits
4.6%
SLANT 4.69 bits
3.7%
LEANT 4.29 bits
3.0%
PLANE 4.32 bits
2.9%
LASSO 4.60 bits

Research on SKYER

Game-tree analysis and word research for SKYER, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with SKYER, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.73 guesses and ranks #7,193 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with SKYER can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.77; proven optimal play reaches 3.73. The fixed strategy accounts for the difference.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).