5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

SLIDE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈslaɪ̯d/[ˈslaɪ̯d]

Verb

To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.

“He slid the boat across the grass.”

Verb

To move on a low-friction surface.

“The car slid on the ice.”

Noun

An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.

“The long, red slide was great fun for the kids.”

Noun

A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.

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 SLIDE performs as a guess

SLIDE 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 86.3% of games, misses completely in 13.7%, and leaves about 108 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #951 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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__D_ S in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _L__E L in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

COURT CATER TONIC REACT SCANT LOCAL
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.35 Entropy (bits)
108 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 96% of evaluated openers
0.60 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SLIDE 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#951 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SLIDE ranks #951 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
81
3 guesses
963
4 guesses
1,137
5 guesses
155
6 guesses
14
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:
EILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
44%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N G
A C R I D
S L I D E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SLIDE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

113 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

322
225
118
117
114
104
91
73
60
59
58
50
45
43
43
38
37
35
35
31
30
26
25
24
24
23
22
22
19
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SLIDE:

14% chance
Suggested:
COURT
10% chance
Suggested:
CATER
5% chance
Suggested:
TONIC

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.7% →
COURT 5.87 bits
9.5% →
CATER 5.26 bits
5.0% →
TONIC 5.10 bits
5.0% →
REACT 4.65 bits
4.8% →
SCANT 4.54 bits
4.4% →
LOCAL 4.95 bits
3.9% →
RENAL 4.49 bits
3.1% →
TRASH 4.97 bits
2.5% →
PRINT 4.14 bits
2.5% →
CANOE 4.02 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1L1I1D2E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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