5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SEMEE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Alternative form of semé.

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 SEMEE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SEMEE 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 67.4% of games, misses completely in 32.6%, and leaves about 327 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,000 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.90 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__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL ARIEL SLANT RAINY ROAST CLARY
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

3.90 Entropy (bits)
327 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 18% of evaluated openers
2.05 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SEMEE 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.

3.90 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,000 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SEMEE ranks #14,000 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
620
4 guesses
1,266
5 guesses
387
6 guesses
38
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
3 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
52%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

61 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

768
209
203
175
125
123
108
90
61
45
40
31
29
23
23
22
21
18
18
17
17
16
15
15
15
15
12
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SEMEE:

33% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
9% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.6% →
TRAIL 5.89 bits
8.9% →
ARIEL 4.18 bits
8.6% →
SLANT 4.60 bits
7.4% →
RAINY 4.33 bits
5.3% →
ROAST 5.00 bits
5.2% →
CLARY 4.92 bits
4.6% →
MACRO 4.98 bits
3.8% →
ALERT 5.06 bits
2.6% →
PARTE 3.78 bits
1.9% →
PARLE 3.79 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1E1M3E1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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