5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

SLASH

SLASH is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 90.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /slaʃ//slæʃ/

Noun

A slashing action or motion:

“A slash of his blade just missed my ear.”

Noun

A mark made by slashing:

“He was bleeding from a slash across his cheek.”

Verb

To cut or attempt to cut

“They slashed at him with their swords, but only managed to nick one of his fingers.”

Verb

To strike violently and randomly, particularly

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 SLASH performs as a guess

SLASH is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 75.1% of games, misses completely in 24.9%, and leaves about 231 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,917 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___H S in the 1st position and H in the 5th position S__S_ S in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _L__H L in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE TONER LIBEL TRINE TALER DRICE
Words starting with S Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
231 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SLASH 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,917 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SLASH ranks #7,917 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
853
4 guesses
1,190
5 guesses
247
6 guesses
18

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
40%
All gray
25%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
S L A N G
S L A S H

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SLASH in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

587
291
175
144
128
100
87
82
70
55
47
40
39
36
36
32
30
30
24
19
18
18
18
14
14
13
13
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SLASH:

25% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
12% chance
Suggested:
TONER
7% chance
Suggested:
LIBEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.9% →
RIONE 6.09 bits
12.3% →
TONER 5.46 bits
7.4% →
LIBEL 5.09 bits
6.1% →
TRINE 5.24 bits
5.4% →
TALER 4.47 bits
4.2% →
DRICE 4.78 bits
3.7% →
TRICE 5.34 bits
3.5% →
CONTE 4.47 bits
3.0% →
RUOTE 4.59 bits
2.3% →
RUOTE 4.84 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1L1A1S1H4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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