5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

SLIMY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈslaɪ.mi//ˈslɑe.mi/[ˈslɑe̯.mi]

Adjective

Of or pertaining to slime.

Adjective

Resembling, of the nature of, covered or daubed with, or abounding in slime.

“The frog's body was all slimy.”

Noun

A ponyfish.

Alternative forms: slimey

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 SLIMY performs as a guess

SLIMY 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 77.3% of games, misses completely in 22.7%, and leaves about 191 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,091 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___Y S in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position S__M_ S in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _L__Y L in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRACE RONTE CATER PEART TRODE ROATE
Words starting with S Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.66 Entropy (bits)
191 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 63% of evaluated openers
1.29 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SLIMY 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#2,091 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SLIMY ranks #2,091 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
981
4 guesses
1,138
5 guesses
168
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
1 vowels
Common:
ILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
45%
All gray
23%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SLIMY in 2 guesses.

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

536
171
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165
140
114
103
100
85
61
48
34
32
32
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27
25
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SLIMY:

23% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
7% chance
Suggested:
RONTE
7% chance
Suggested:
CATER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.7% →
TRACE 6.42 bits
7.3% →
RONTE 5.37 bits
7.2% →
CATER 5.23 bits
7.0% →
PEART 5.39 bits
5.9% →
TRODE 4.71 bits
4.8% →
ROATE 5.40 bits
4.4% →
TRONE 5.16 bits
4.2% →
BRACE 4.98 bits
3.6% →
TONER 5.32 bits
2.6% →
TIARE 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1L1I1M3Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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