5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SLAKE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /sleɪk/

Verb

To satisfy (thirst, or other desires).

Verb

To cool (something) with water or another liquid.

Noun

A sloppy mess.

Noun

A slack, a tidal wetland.

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 SLAKE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SLAKE 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 86.3% of games, misses completely in 13.7%, and leaves about 117 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,030 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__K_ S in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _L__E L in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

DROIT TENOR RAINY GRICE DILLY SNOUT
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.29 Entropy (bits)
117 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 95% of evaluated openers
0.66 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SLAKE 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,030 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SLAKE ranks #4,030 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
87
3 guesses
858
4 guesses
1,205
5 guesses
191
6 guesses
13
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)
86%
Green tile
44%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

120 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

322
236
196
134
99
81
77
74
69
64
56
38
37
37
37
36
36
31
31
27
27
26
25
24
23
19
19
19
18
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SLAKE:

14% chance
Suggested:
DROIT
10% chance
Suggested:
TENOR
8% chance
Suggested:
RAINY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.7% →
DROIT 5.72 bits
10.0% →
TENOR 5.17 bits
8.3% →
RAINY 4.91 bits
5.7% →
GRICE 4.35 bits
4.2% →
DILLY 4.84 bits
3.4% →
SNOUT 4.57 bits
3.3% →
CATER 4.33 bits
3.1% →
ATOLL 3.96 bits
2.9% →
LOWER 4.00 bits
2.7% →
MOIST 4.87 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1L1A1K5E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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