5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SEAMY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsiːmi/

Adjective

Sordid, squalid or corrupt.

Adjective

Having or showing a 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 SEAMY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SEAMY 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 87.7% of games, misses completely in 12.3%, and leaves about 131 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,494 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___Y S in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position S__M_ S in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRIDE COUNT TALON ALTER TOILE SNOUT
Words starting with S Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

5.04 Entropy (bits)
131 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 85% of evaluated openers
0.91 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SEAMY 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#6,494 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SEAMY ranks #6,494 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
855
4 guesses
1,163
5 guesses
245
6 guesses
17
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
2 vowels
Common:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
47%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

320
291
182
133
115
102
90
88
81
62
54
50
46
44
39
35
28
25
24
24
23
22
22
21
21
20
19
19
18
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SEAMY:

14% chance
Suggested:
TRIDE
12% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
8% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.6% →
TRIDE 5.35 bits
12.3% →
COUNT 5.90 bits
7.7% →
TALON 5.37 bits
5.6% →
ALTER 4.75 bits
4.9% →
TOILE 3.78 bits
4.3% →
SNOUT 4.33 bits
3.8% →
RONTE 4.33 bits
3.7% →
CRINE 4.20 bits
3.4% →
TRIPE 4.48 bits
2.6% →
TARDY 3.66 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1E1A1M3Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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