5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SEILS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 SEILS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SEILS 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 82.8% of games, misses completely in 17.2%, and leaves about 162 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,843 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___S S in the 1st position and S in the 5th position S__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COURT ORATE ANTIC CAROL REATE SNORT
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.72 Entropy (bits)
162 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 66% of evaluated openers
1.23 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SEILS 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
0.73 Volatility
#8,843 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SEILS ranks #8,843 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
831
4 guesses
1,184
5 guesses
256
6 guesses
29
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:
EILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
40%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

405
311
156
140
119
118
106
80
70
67
55
55
53
48
48
47
28
23
22
22
18
18
18
17
17
16
15
15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SEILS:

17% chance
Suggested:
COURT
13% chance
Suggested:
ORATE
7% chance
Suggested:
ANTIC

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.2% →
COURT 5.81 bits
13.2% →
ORATE 5.33 bits
6.6% →
ANTIC 5.14 bits
5.9% →
CAROL 4.94 bits
5.0% →
REATE 4.60 bits
5.0% →
SNORT 4.57 bits
4.5% →
RANEE 4.49 bits
3.4% →
PARTE 4.78 bits
3.0% →
TRONE 4.26 bits
2.8% →
DINER 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1E1I1L1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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