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SEDAN

Yes, SEDAN was the Wordle answer on January 11, 2023 (Wordle #571).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /səˈdæn/

Noun

An enclosed windowed chair suitable for a single occupant, carried by at least two porters, in equal numbers in front and behind, using wooden rails that passed through metal brackets on the sides of the chair.

Noun

An automobile designed in a configuration with separate compartments for engine space, driver/passenger space, and luggage or (limited) cargo space.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: January 11, 2023 (#571).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How SEDAN performs as a guess

SEDAN is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 88.0% of games, misses completely in 12.0%, and leaves about 107 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #665 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

S___N S in the 1st position and N in the 5th position S__A_ S in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__N E in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

COURT TOILE CAROL ALTER COUNT SPILT
Words starting with S Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.29 Entropy (bits)
107 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 94% of evaluated openers
0.66 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SEDAN 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#665 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SEDAN ranks #665 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
85
3 guesses
964
4 guesses
1,149
5 guesses
132
6 guesses
20
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:
AENS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
36%
All gray
12%

Example solver route

R O A T E
L A D E N
S E D A N

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SEDAN in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

282
225
193
132
103
93
74
73
64
62
60
59
49
48
48
47
47
35
28
28
27
25
25
22
22
22
21
21
20
20

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SEDAN:

12% chance
Suggested:
COURT
10% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
8% chance
Suggested:
CAROL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.0% →
COURT 5.82 bits
9.5% →
TOILE 5.30 bits
8.2% →
CAROL 5.19 bits
5.6% →
ALTER 4.64 bits
4.4% →
COUNT 5.04 bits
3.9% →
SPILT 4.51 bits
3.1% →
BERET 4.30 bits
3.1% →
HOIST 4.77 bits
2.7% →
LURID 4.65 bits
2.6% →
PORTE 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1E1D2A1N1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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