5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

SLEEK

Yes, SLEEK was the Wordle answer on January 5, 2023 (Wordle #565).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /sliːk/

Adjective

Having an even, smooth surface; smooth

“sleek hair”

Adjective

Glossy.

Verb

To make smooth or glossy; to polish.

Noun

That which makes smooth; varnish.

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: January 5, 2023 (#565).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How SLEEK performs as a guess

SLEEK is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 75.7% of games, misses completely in 24.3%, and leaves about 222 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,394 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

S___K S in the 1st position and K in the 5th position S__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _L__K L in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN TIARE LOYAL RAINY ROAST DEALT
Words starting with S Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.51 Entropy (bits)
222 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 53% of evaluated openers
1.44 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SLEEK 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,394 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SLEEK ranks #9,394 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
781
4 guesses
1,230
5 guesses
272
6 guesses
15
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
2 vowels
Common:
ELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
40%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E N
S L E E K

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SLEEK in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

574
282
185
137
133
109
89
70
56
50
43
37
37
33
27
26
26
23
21
20
19
15
14
14
14
14
13
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SLEEK:

24% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
12% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
8% chance
Suggested:
LOYAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.3% →
TRAIN 5.98 bits
12.0% →
TIARE 5.36 bits
7.8% →
LOYAL 4.99 bits
5.8% →
RAINY 4.34 bits
5.6% →
ROAST 4.68 bits
4.6% →
ROAST 4.96 bits
3.8% →
DEALT 4.35 bits
3.0% →
ATONE 4.07 bits
2.4% →
RUOTE 4.19 bits
2.1% →
PARTE 4.17 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1L1E1E1K5
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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