5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SEASE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

Obsolete form of seize.

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 SEASE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SEASE 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 78.5% of games, misses completely in 21.5%, and leaves about 201 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,419 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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__S_ S in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TALON OLDER RIONE SNOUT CRINE
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.48 Entropy (bits)
201 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 50% of evaluated openers
1.47 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SEASE 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#13,419 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SEASE ranks #13,419 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
643
4 guesses
1,275
5 guesses
344
6 guesses
38
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

3/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
48%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

507
303
193
135
131
106
103
83
57
50
46
39
38
36
35
33
33
31
31
30
25
24
23
21
18
18
15
14
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SEASE:

22% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
13% chance
Suggested:
TALON
8% chance
Suggested:
OLDER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.5% →
COUNT 5.69 bits
12.8% →
TALON 5.15 bits
8.2% →
OLDER 4.82 bits
5.7% →
RIONE 4.31 bits
5.6% →
SNOUT 4.31 bits
4.5% →
CRINE 4.19 bits
4.4% →
ALTER 4.59 bits
3.5% →
RAINY 3.94 bits
2.4% →
ANGLE 3.78 bits
2.1% →
STALK 3.24 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1E1A1S1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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