5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

SLADE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /sleɪd/

Noun

A spade for digging peat.

Noun

A valley, a flat grassy area, a glade.

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 SLADE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SLADE 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 88.0% of games, misses completely in 12.0%, and leaves about 92 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #291 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.57 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___E S in the 1st position and E in the 5th position S__D_ S in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _L__E L in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TENOR CARAT TRONE SNOUT HILLY
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.54 Entropy (bits)
92 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 99% of evaluated openers
0.41 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SLADE 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.

3.57 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#291 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SLADE ranks #291 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
95
3 guesses
978
4 guesses
1,126
5 guesses
142
6 guesses
11
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
2 vowels
Common:
AELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
44%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

123 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

282
184
166
110
96
82
75
69
67
64
61
57
52
42
39
35
35
33
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SLADE:

12% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
8% chance
Suggested:
TENOR
7% chance
Suggested:
CARAT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.0% →
COUNT 5.92 bits
7.8% →
TENOR 5.14 bits
7.0% →
CARAT 5.02 bits
4.7% →
TRONE 4.44 bits
4.1% →
SNOUT 4.46 bits
3.5% →
HILLY 4.72 bits
3.2% →
TAPER 4.23 bits
2.9% →
TONAL 4.27 bits
2.8% →
HOIST 4.84 bits
2.7% →
LEVEL 4.03 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1L1A1D2E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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