5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SELLE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Obsolete spelling of sell.

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 SELLE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SELLE 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 73.2% of games, misses completely in 26.8%, and leaves about 243 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,043 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN TONER ORATE FLAIR ROAST RAINY
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.37 Entropy (bits)
243 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 43% of evaluated openers
1.58 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SELLE 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,043 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SELLE ranks #12,043 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
742
4 guesses
1,224
5 guesses
317
6 guesses
30
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
45%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

631
211
172
171
166
117
101
62
53
45
42
35
33
32
30
29
26
24
23
23
21
19
18
18
12
12
12
11
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SELLE:

27% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
9% chance
Suggested:
TONER
7% chance
Suggested:
ORATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.8% →
TRAIN 5.99 bits
8.9% →
TONER 4.95 bits
7.3% →
ORATE 4.37 bits
7.3% →
FLAIR 4.82 bits
7.0% →
ROAST 4.55 bits
5.0% →
ROAST 4.96 bits
4.3% →
RAINY 4.55 bits
2.6% →
ARIEL 4.13 bits
2.2% →
PARTE 3.86 bits
1.9% →
DAILY 4.00 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1E1L1L1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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