Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

SEMAS

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

No dictionary definition for SEMAS is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

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

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Use SEMAS in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 91.6% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

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

How SEMAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SEMAS 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 82.1% of games, misses completely in 17.9%, and leaves about 200 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #10,873 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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.

First-turn measures

All four describe SEMAS used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.41 Entropy (bits)
200 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.6% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How SEMAS 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.75% Solved within six
0.72 Spread of game lengths
#10,873 Rank among openers
Opening with SEMAS left 6 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.72 means those games clustered within about 0.72 of a guess of the 3.78 average. It ranks #10,873 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
736
4 guesses
1,255
5 guesses
281
6 guesses
23

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
34%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

SEMAS can come back 77 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

426 answers
351 answers
284 answers
162 answers
122 answers
121 answers
83 answers
65 answers
58 answers
58 answers
53 answers
47 answers
44 answers
39 answers
34 answers
33 answers
29 answers
28 answers
28 answers
27 answers
25 answers
23 answers
16 answers
14 answers
11 answers
11 answers
10 answers
9 answers
9 answers
9 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1E1M3A1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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

Strategy after playing SEMAS

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to SEMAS.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SEMAS:

18% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
15% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE
12% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.9% →
COUNT 5.74 bits
14.7% →
NOIRE 5.13 bits
11.9% →
TALON 5.07 bits
6.8% →
ALTER 4.69 bits
5.1% →
SNOUT 4.40 bits
5.1% →
RONTE 4.22 bits
3.5% →
TRIPE 4.48 bits
2.7% →
TONAL 4.45 bits
2.4% →
MOULT 4.51 bits
2.4% →
SLANT 4.16 bits

Research on SEMAS

Game-tree analysis and word research for SEMAS, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with SEMAS, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.80 guesses and ranks #10,842 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with SEMAS can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.78, at or below the proven-optimal 3.80, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).