5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SLEER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To mock or jeer.

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 SLEER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SLEER 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 84.6% of games, misses completely in 15.4%, and leaves about 131 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,375 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___R S in the 1st position and R in the 5th position S__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _L__R L in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

TONIC TRAIN DAINE LOYAL COATE SAINT
Words starting with S Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.10 Entropy (bits)
131 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 88% of evaluated openers
0.85 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SLEER 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,375 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SLEER ranks #5,375 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
74
3 guesses
859
4 guesses
1,196
5 guesses
204
6 guesses
20
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:
ELRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
41%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

363
231
163
147
124
118
85
79
78
76
47
42
42
42
41
39
38
37
30
27
22
18
17
16
16
15
14
14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SLEER:

15% chance
Suggested:
TONIC
10% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
7% chance
Suggested:
DAINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.4% →
TONIC 5.78 bits
9.8% →
TRAIN 5.22 bits
6.9% →
DAINE 5.24 bits
6.2% →
LOYAL 4.91 bits
5.3% →
COATE 4.68 bits
5.0% →
SAINT 4.59 bits
3.6% →
POTAE 3.39 bits
3.4% →
CANOE 4.00 bits
3.3% →
HOIST 4.74 bits
3.2% →
DEALT 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1L1E1E1R1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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