5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SLIPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /slɪps/

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of slip

Noun

plural of slip

Noun

the area of the field covered by fielders in the slip positions; the slip fielders collectively

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 SLIPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SLIPS 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 69.4% of games, misses completely in 30.6%, and leaves about 296 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,034 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___S S in the 1st position and S in the 5th position S__P_ S in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE RONTE CARTE TRONE BRACE PORAE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.11 Entropy (bits)
296 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 28% of evaluated openers
1.84 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SLIPS 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,034 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SLIPS ranks #7,034 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
864
4 guesses
1,208
5 guesses
219
6 guesses
17
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
1 vowels
Common:
ILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
34%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

722
228
200
159
113
104
103
85
72
44
40
33
28
28
27
24
24
23
21
20
20
18
17
16
13
11
10
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SLIPS:

31% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
10% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
8% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.6% →
ROATE 6.18 bits
9.7% →
ROATE 5.22 bits
8.5% →
RONTE 5.30 bits
6.7% →
CARTE 5.36 bits
4.8% →
TRONE 5.18 bits
4.4% →
ROATE 5.42 bits
4.4% →
BRACE 5.01 bits
3.6% →
PORAE 5.25 bits
3.1% →
LIBEL 4.14 bits
1.9% →
CARET 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1L1I1P3S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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