5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SEIZA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A traditional formal way of sitting in Japan, by kneeling with the legs folded underneath the thighs and the buttocks resting on the heels, with ankles turned outward.

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 SEIZA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SEIZA 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 88.0% of games, misses completely in 12.0%, and leaves about 140 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,499 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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___A S in the 1st position and A in the 5th position S__Z_ S in the 1st position and Z in the 4th position _E__A E in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TRULY TALON TONER CARLE PILOT DETER
Words starting with S Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.68 Entropy (bits)
140 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 64% of evaluated openers
1.27 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SEIZA 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,499 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SEIZA ranks #11,499 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
712
4 guesses
1,272
5 guesses
288
6 guesses
26
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
3 vowels
Common:
AEIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
37%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

283
265
238
186
134
110
87
85
80
77
66
62
62
59
49
49
48
41
34
33
26
25
20
20
18
16
15
14
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SEIZA:

12% chance
Suggested:
TRULY
11% chance
Suggested:
TALON
10% chance
Suggested:
TONER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.0% →
TRULY 5.45 bits
11.2% →
TALON 5.16 bits
10.1% →
TONER 5.19 bits
7.9% →
CARLE 4.82 bits
5.7% →
PILOT 4.68 bits
4.7% →
DETER 4.34 bits
3.7% →
STUNK 4.27 bits
3.6% →
DINER 4.55 bits
3.4% →
CLING 3.95 bits
3.3% →
CLARY 4.01 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1E1I1Z10A1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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