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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

SLIME

Yes, SLIME was the Wordle answer on March 2, 2026 (Wordle #1717).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /slaɪm//slɑem/[slɑe̯m]

Noun

Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive; bitumen; mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing.

Noun

Any mucilaginous substance; or a mucus-like substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals, such as snails or slugs.

Verb

To coat with slime.

Verb

To besmirch or disparage.

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 2, 2026 (#1717).

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

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How SLIME performs as a guess

SLIME 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 86.4% of games, misses completely in 13.6%, and leaves about 113 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,306 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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.

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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__M_ S in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _L__E L in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

THORN TENOR ANTIC GRACE ROANY LOCAL
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.29 Entropy (bits)
113 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SLIME 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
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,306 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SLIME ranks #1,306 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
80
3 guesses
965
4 guesses
1,118
5 guesses
177
6 guesses
12

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 M E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SLIME in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

321
243
134
131
108
105
91
65
62
59
57
46
46
43
42
40
39
37
32
30
29
28
25
25
23
22
21
21
21
21

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SLIME:

14% chance
Suggested:
THORN
10% chance
Suggested:
TENOR
6% chance
Suggested:
ANTIC

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.6% →
THORN 5.79 bits
10.3% →
TENOR 5.09 bits
5.7% →
ANTIC 5.10 bits
5.6% →
GRACE 4.56 bits
4.6% →
ROANY 4.76 bits
4.5% →
LOCAL 4.89 bits
3.9% →
RENAL 4.49 bits
2.8% →
TRASH 4.93 bits
2.6% →
TRONE 4.20 bits
2.5% →
MANOR 4.86 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1L1I1M3E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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