5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SKYEY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /skaɪi/

Adjective

Resembling the sky.

Adjective

Of or relating to the sky.

Alternative forms: skiey

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 SKYEY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SKYEY 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 74.4% of games, misses completely in 25.6%, and leaves about 304 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,518 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.96 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___Y S in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position S__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position

Try next

TRAIL RAILE SOLAR DAILY ROAST TIARE
Words starting with S Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.68 Entropy (bits)
304 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 11% of evaluated openers
2.27 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SKYEY 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.

3.96 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,518 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SKYEY ranks #14,518 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
544
4 guesses
1,314
5 guesses
415
6 guesses
45
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:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
42%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

49 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

604
448
228
193
146
101
94
88
68
54
34
33
31
31
30
19
19
18
14
12
12
8
8
7
6
5
5
4
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SKYEY:

26% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
19% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
10% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.6% →
TRAIL 6.05 bits
19.0% →
RAILE 5.17 bits
9.7% →
SOLAR 3.97 bits
8.2% →
DAILY 4.18 bits
6.2% →
ROAST 4.62 bits
4.3% →
ROAST 4.86 bits
4.0% →
TIARE 4.24 bits
3.7% →
ROUTE 4.41 bits
2.9% →
CLARY 4.65 bits
2.3% →
LEARE 4.18 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1K5Y4E1Y4
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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