5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SELAH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsiːlə//ˈseɪ̯lɑ/

Interjection

A word occurring between verses or paragraphs in parts of the Hebrew Bible, namely in Habakkuk and the Psalms; perhaps indicating a pause, either for contemplation or for clearing the throat in singing.

Noun

A pause or rest of a contemplative nature.

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 SELAH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SELAH 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 89.4% of games, misses completely in 10.6%, and leaves about 105 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,015 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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___H S in the 1st position and H in the 5th position S__A_ S in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__H E in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

TRODE DROIT TRAIN TARGE COULD DETER
Words starting with S Words ending with H

First-turn measures

5.35 Entropy (bits)
105 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 96% of evaluated openers
0.60 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SELAH 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,015 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SELAH ranks #1,015 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
84
3 guesses
966
4 guesses
1,120
5 guesses
175
6 guesses
8
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:
AELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
37%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

122 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

252
250
205
117
107
85
82
78
69
60
57
56
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48
40
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35
32
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SELAH:

11% chance
Suggested:
TRODE
11% chance
Suggested:
DROIT
9% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.7% →
TRODE 5.20 bits
10.6% →
DROIT 5.70 bits
8.7% →
TRAIN 5.17 bits
5.0% →
TARGE 4.63 bits
4.5% →
COULD 4.74 bits
3.6% →
DETER 4.46 bits
3.5% →
ELIDE 4.35 bits
3.3% →
SNORT 4.46 bits
2.9% →
PLAIN 3.83 bits
2.5% →
MOIST 4.90 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1E1L1A1H4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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