5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SEEDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /siːdz/

Noun

plural of seed

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of seed

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 SEEDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SEEDS 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 68.4% of games, misses completely in 31.6%, and leaves about 344 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,649 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.88 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__D_ S in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON RAILE SLANT DRAIN CLARY TRASH
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.78 Entropy (bits)
344 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 14% of evaluated openers
2.17 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SEEDS 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.

3.88 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,649 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SEEDS ranks #13,649 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
631
4 guesses
1,308
5 guesses
352
6 guesses
27
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
2 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
34%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

60 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

744
390
197
143
109
100
75
65
61
46
42
33
33
29
26
21
18
18
16
16
14
14
13
13
9
8
8
7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SEEDS:

32% chance
Suggested:
TALON
17% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.6% →
TALON 5.84 bits
16.5% →
RAILE 5.26 bits
8.4% →
SLANT 4.56 bits
6.1% →
DRAIN 5.26 bits
4.6% →
CLARY 4.89 bits
4.2% →
TRASH 4.94 bits
3.2% →
PARTE 4.19 bits
2.8% →
RIONE 4.57 bits
2.6% →
ROULE 4.52 bits
2.0% →
CLEAT 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1E1E1D2S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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