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

SLICK

Yes, SLICK was the Wordle answer on March 21, 2026 (Wordle #1736).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /slɪk/

Adjective

Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances.

“This rain is making the roads slick.”

Adjective

Sleek; smooth.

Noun

A covering of liquid, particularly oil.

“Careful in turn three — there's an oil slick on the road.”

Noun

Someone who is clever and untrustworthy.

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: March 21, 2026 (#1736).

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

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How SLICK performs as a guess

SLICK 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 74.9% of games, misses completely in 25.1%, and leaves about 218 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,722 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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__C_ S in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _L__K L in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE LABEL RONTE PEART ORATE TRONE
Words starting with S Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.56 Entropy (bits)
218 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SLICK 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,722 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SLICK ranks #1,722 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
989
4 guesses
1,132
5 guesses
164
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
36%
All gray
25%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
S L I C K

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SLICK in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

592
210
176
153
132
106
100
82
70
62
41
36
34
27
26
24
24
23
23
22
22
20
18
17
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15
15
14
13
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SLICK:

25% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
9% chance
Suggested:
LABEL
7% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.1% →
ROATE 6.18 bits
8.9% →
LABEL 5.24 bits
7.5% →
RONTE 5.37 bits
6.5% →
PEART 5.46 bits
5.6% →
ROATE 5.59 bits
4.5% →
ORATE 5.47 bits
4.2% →
TRONE 5.22 bits
3.5% →
ATONE 4.88 bits
3.0% →
TILDE 4.43 bits
2.6% →
POTAE 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1L1I1C3K5
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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