5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SLITS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈslɪts/

Noun

plural of slit

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of slit

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 SLITS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SLITS 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 75.3% of games, misses completely in 24.7%, and leaves about 217 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,918 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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__T_ S in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CARNE LABEL CARET DINER BRACE CRANE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.48 Entropy (bits)
217 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SLITS 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,918 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SLITS ranks #4,918 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
920
4 guesses
1,168
5 guesses
201
6 guesses
16

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ILST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
37%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

583
212
191
148
135
98
95
71
68
65
64
61
40
39
32
28
25
22
21
20
19
18
18
18
15
14
14
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SLITS:

25% chance
Suggested:
CARNE
9% chance
Suggested:
LABEL
8% chance
Suggested:
CARET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.7% →
CARNE 6.12 bits
9.0% →
LABEL 5.18 bits
8.1% →
CARET 5.52 bits
6.3% →
DINER 5.36 bits
5.7% →
CARNE 5.40 bits
4.2% →
BRACE 4.94 bits
4.0% →
CRANE 5.05 bits
3.0% →
REACT 4.34 bits
2.9% →
PORAE 4.89 bits
2.8% →
LIBEL 4.23 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1L1I1T1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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