5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SEEMS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /siːmz/

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of seem

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 SEEMS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SEEMS 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 67.4% of games, misses completely in 32.6%, and leaves about 364 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,757 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__M_ S in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL RAILE RAINY CLARY MOLAR TRASH
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.71 Entropy (bits)
364 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SEEMS 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
99.7% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,757 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SEEMS ranks #13,757 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
632
4 guesses
1,288
5 guesses
361
6 guesses
32

Composition

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
34%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

57 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

768
414
193
123
108
93
76
60
59
45
45
40
36
25
24
23
19
15
14
13
12
12
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11
10
10
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6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SEEMS:

33% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
18% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
8% chance
Suggested:
RAINY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.6% →
TRAIL 5.89 bits
17.5% →
RAILE 5.28 bits
8.2% →
RAINY 4.66 bits
5.2% →
CLARY 4.92 bits
4.6% →
MOLAR 4.94 bits
3.9% →
TRASH 4.90 bits
3.2% →
PARTE 4.23 bits
2.5% →
TREAD 4.61 bits
2.5% →
ROUET 4.36 bits
1.9% →
LATER 4.27 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1E1E1M3S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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