5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

SULKY

Yes, SULKY was the Wordle answer on May 2, 2023 (Wordle #682).

As an opener, it rules out about 88.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsʌlki/

Adjective

silent and withdrawn after being upset

“the sulky child”

Noun

A light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in harness racing.

Noun

Any carriage seating only the driver.

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: May 2, 2023 (#682).

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

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How SULKY performs as a guess

SULKY 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 70.4% of games, misses completely in 29.6%, and leaves about 282 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,821 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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__K_ S in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ORATE TIARE TRODE PARTE ROATE TRONE
Words starting with S Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.20 Entropy (bits)
282 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 33% of evaluated openers
1.75 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SULKY 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,821 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SULKY ranks #7,821 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
856
4 guesses
1,185
5 guesses
244
6 guesses
21
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:
LSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
38%
All gray
30%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
S H Y L Y
S U L K Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SULKY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

698
266
162
162
122
120
69
56
53
49
47
37
35
31
30
28
27
27
26
25
24
23
23
15
13
11
10
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SULKY:

30% chance
Suggested:
ORATE
11% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
7% chance
Suggested:
TRODE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.6% →
ORATE 6.13 bits
11.3% →
TIARE 5.43 bits
6.9% →
TRODE 4.88 bits
6.9% →
PARTE 5.41 bits
5.2% →
ROATE 5.46 bits
5.1% →
TRONE 5.46 bits
2.9% →
RONTE 4.71 bits
2.4% →
CARET 4.91 bits
2.2% →
PLATE 4.59 bits
2.1% →
ROATE 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1U1L1K5Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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