5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SEAMS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /siːmz/

Noun

plural of seam

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of seam

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 SEAMS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SEAMS 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 82.1% of games, misses completely in 17.9%, and leaves about 190 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,374 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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__M_ S in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT NOIRE TALON ALTER SNOUT DETER
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.49 Entropy (bits)
190 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 51% of evaluated openers
1.46 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SEAMS 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,374 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SEAMS ranks #10,374 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
733
4 guesses
1,270
5 guesses
266
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
37%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

422
347
252
142
120
118
94
82
62
51
47
46
42
42
30
30
29
27
25
24
23
23
21
18
17
16
14
13
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SEAMS:

18% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
15% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE
11% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.9% →
COUNT 5.73 bits
14.7% →
NOIRE 5.14 bits
10.7% →
TALON 5.23 bits
6.0% →
ALTER 4.76 bits
5.1% →
SNOUT 4.37 bits
5.0% →
DETER 4.30 bits
4.0% →
CRINE 4.19 bits
3.5% →
TRIPE 4.47 bits
2.6% →
MOUTH 4.74 bits
2.2% →
FIRST 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1E1A1M3S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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