5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

SEGUE

Yes, SEGUE was the Wordle answer on December 16, 2025 (Wordle #1641).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsɛɡweɪ/

Verb

To move smoothly from one state or subject to another.

“I can tell she’s going to segue from our conversation about school to the topic of marriage.”

Verb

To make a smooth transition from one theme to another.

“Beethoven’s symphonies effortlessly segue from one theme to the next.”

Noun

An instance of segueing, a transition.

Alternative forms: segué

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: December 16, 2025 (#1641).

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

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How SEGUE performs as a guess

SEGUE 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 75.4% of games, misses completely in 24.6%, and leaves about 220 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,069 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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__U_ S in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL ARIEL TRULY LAIRY CLARY ROAST
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.48 Entropy (bits)
220 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 50% of evaluated openers
1.47 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SEGUE 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#11,069 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SEGUE ranks #11,069 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
735
4 guesses
1,247
5 guesses
291
6 guesses
25
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
3 vowels
Common:
ESU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
43%
All gray
25%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N G
S E G U E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SEGUE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

580
244
166
165
141
122
91
79
60
41
39
37
34
33
33
29
29
28
28
27
27
24
18
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SEGUE:

25% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
10% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
7% chance
Suggested:
TRULY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.6% →
CAROL 6.00 bits
10.3% →
ARIEL 4.92 bits
7.0% →
TRULY 4.69 bits
7.0% →
LAIRY 4.62 bits
6.0% →
LAIRY 4.33 bits
5.2% →
CLARY 5.07 bits
3.9% →
ROAST 4.93 bits
3.4% →
ROANY 5.07 bits
2.5% →
PLATE 3.71 bits
1.7% →
PALER 3.84 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1E1G2U1E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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