- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 1.0 bits
It fits the clues and can win immediately, while still splitting the alternatives well.
Five-letter words starting with S and ending in IL (S__IL)
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What the remaining words have in common
10 matching words0 not previously used2 past answersBest matching test word: STEIL
Position 2P 30%C 10%I 10%K 10%
Position 3A 50%E 20%B 10%G 10%
used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer
SNAIL
used
SPOIL
used
SCAIL
guess
SIGIL
guess
SKAIL
guess
SPAIL
guess
SPEIL
guess
STEIL
guess
SWAIL
guess
SYBIL
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How to play this shortlist
This pattern has 10 words in the Wordle guess list; 2 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 2 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.
Previously used by Wordle: SNAIL (October 10, 2023); SPOIL (October 1, 2025).
It is legal under the clues represented on this page. If you also have yellow-position information, check that extra detail in the full Solver.
No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.
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Pattern guide
What fits S__IL?
All 10 matching words are shown above. 2 are possible answers.
Letters that fit the blanks
- 2nd letter C, I, K, N, P, T, W, Y
- 3rd letter A, B, E, G, O
Meanings and answer history
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SNAIL
Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: October 10, 2023.
SPOIL
To ruin; to damage in such a way as to make undesirable or unusable.
“All this sun spoils me for vacations in the far North.”
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: October 1, 2025.
SCAIL
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
SIGIL
A seal, signature or signet.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
SKAIL
scale
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
SPAIL
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
SPEIL
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
STEIL
A surname.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
SWAIL
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
SYBIL
Alternative letter-case form of Sybil.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
Common questions
- How many five-letter words match S__IL?
- 10 five-letter words match S__IL in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 2 are possible answers.
- Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
- Among all matching words, STEIL has the highest feedback entropy at 5.38 bits against the possible answers.