5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SYTHE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Archaic spelling of scythe.

Verb

Archaic spelling of scythe.

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 SYTHE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SYTHE 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 84.4% of games, misses completely in 15.6%, and leaves about 147 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,835 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___E S in the 1st position and E in the 5th position S__H_ S in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _Y__E Y in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

CAIRN ARIEL DAILY TALON SLAIN CHURN
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.85 Entropy (bits)
147 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 75% of evaluated openers
1.10 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SYTHE 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,835 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SYTHE ranks #8,835 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
803
4 guesses
1,236
5 guesses
241
6 guesses
22
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:
EST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
37%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

369
266
212
168
133
87
84
74
63
54
52
45
45
43
39
36
33
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SYTHE:

16% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN
11% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
9% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.6% →
CAIRN 5.96 bits
11.3% →
ARIEL 5.10 bits
9.0% →
ARIEL 4.29 bits
7.1% →
DAILY 4.46 bits
5.6% →
TALON 5.05 bits
3.7% →
SLAIN 4.51 bits
3.6% →
ARIEL 4.39 bits
3.1% →
CHURN 4.79 bits
2.7% →
DEARE 4.44 bits
2.3% →
SAINT 3.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1Y4T1H4E1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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