5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SEGOL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /seɪˈɡoʊl//sɛɡˈoʊl/

Noun

A Hebrew niqqud diacritical mark (ִ◌ֶ) in the form of three dots arranged as an upside-down triangle, pronounced in Modern Hebrew as /e/.

Alternative forms: seghol

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 SEGOL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SEGOL 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 87.4% of games, misses completely in 12.6%, and leaves about 118 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,978 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___L S in the 1st position and L in the 5th position S__O_ S in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _E__L E in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN IRATE COURT CLAIM REATE STARK
Words starting with S Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.11 Entropy (bits)
118 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 88% of evaluated openers
0.84 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SEGOL 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,978 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SEGOL ranks #2,978 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
917
4 guesses
1,184
5 guesses
168
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
36%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

298
263
160
120
109
105
102
95
81
71
63
49
49
46
43
43
37
35
33
33
27
21
21
20
20
20
19
18
18
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SEGOL:

13% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
11% chance
Suggested:
IRATE
7% chance
Suggested:
COURT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.6% →
TRAIN 5.97 bits
11.2% →
IRATE 5.36 bits
6.8% →
COURT 5.06 bits
5.1% →
CLAIM 4.87 bits
4.6% →
REATE 4.55 bits
4.5% →
STARK 4.51 bits
4.3% →
RAILE 4.55 bits
4.0% →
RONTE 4.42 bits
3.4% →
PARTE 4.69 bits
3.0% →
TRASH 4.66 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1E1G2O1L1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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