5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SEALS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /siːlz/

Noun

plural of seal

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of seal

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 SEALS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SEALS 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 84.9% of games, misses completely in 15.1%, and leaves about 142 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,195 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TRODE CARAT TARGE CLOUT DETER
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.90 Entropy (bits)
142 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 78% of evaluated openers
1.05 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SEALS 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
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,195 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SEALS ranks #8,195 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
803
4 guesses
1,238
5 guesses
227
6 guesses
23
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
2 vowels
Common:
AELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
40%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

355
288
206
110
101
101
98
76
75
70
69
54
51
44
43
35
35
33
29
24
24
24
21
21
20
19
17
16
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SEALS:

15% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
12% chance
Suggested:
TRODE
9% chance
Suggested:
CARAT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.1% →
COUNT 5.80 bits
12.2% →
TRODE 5.25 bits
8.7% →
CARAT 4.95 bits
4.7% →
TARGE 4.57 bits
4.3% →
CLOUT 4.59 bits
4.3% →
DETER 4.42 bits
4.2% →
SNORT 4.50 bits
3.2% →
TONAL 4.50 bits
3.2% →
NOIRE 4.13 bits
3.0% →
DRICE 4.16 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1E1A1L1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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