5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SEDGE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /sɛd͡ʒ/

Noun

Any plant of the family Cyperaceae.

Noun

Any of various other plants resembling true sedges, such as Gentiana rubricaulis and Andropogon virginicus.

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 SEDGE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SEDGE 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 73.7% of games, misses completely in 26.3%, and leaves about 236 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,005 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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__G_ S in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL LATER SLANT TIARE TRASH DRAIN
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
236 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 45% of evaluated openers
1.55 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SEDGE 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,005 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SEDGE ranks #9,005 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
764
4 guesses
1,283
5 guesses
233
6 guesses
16
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:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
43%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

619
211
196
152
124
123
100
95
60
45
41
38
30
30
28
28
28
27
25
24
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SEDGE:

26% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
9% chance
Suggested:
LATER
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.3% →
CAROL 6.02 bits
8.9% →
LATER 5.14 bits
8.3% →
SLANT 4.51 bits
6.4% →
TIARE 4.46 bits
5.3% →
TRASH 4.86 bits
5.2% →
DRAIN 5.17 bits
4.2% →
ROANY 5.14 bits
4.0% →
CLARY 4.96 bits
2.5% →
PARTE 3.74 bits
1.9% →
PARLE 3.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1E1D2G2E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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