Possible answer Not used yet C tier for first-turn info

SEMEN

SEMEN is on the solver's possible-answer list and has no appearance in our globally completed Wordle history.

Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsiːmən/

Noun

A sticky, milky fluid produced in male reproductive organs that contains the reproductive cells.

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Etymology

From Middle English semen, from Latin sēmen (“seed”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow; plant”).

Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA)

Use SEMEN in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% 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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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First-turn measures

All four describe SEMEN 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.

4.59 Entropy (bits)
196 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How SEMEN 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.92% Solved within six
0.69 Spread of game lengths
#7,330 Rank among openers
Opening with SEMEN left 2 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.69 means those games clustered within about 0.69 of a guess of the 3.71 average. It ranks #7,330 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
803
4 guesses
1,258
5 guesses
212
6 guesses
16

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
41%
All gray
22%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E N
S E M E N

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SEMEN in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

SEMEN can come back 94 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

530 answers
231 answers
195 answers
146 answers
133 answers
117 answers
97 answers
91 answers
65 answers
64 answers
58 answers
50 answers
46 answers
35 answers
32 answers
29 answers
26 answers
25 answers
23 answers
23 answers
22 answers
18 answers
17 answers
16 answers
15 answers
15 answers
14 answers
13 answers
13 answers
13 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1E1M3E1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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

Strategy after playing SEMEN

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

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SEMEN:

22% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
10% chance
Suggested:
GRATE
8% chance
Suggested:
GIANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.2% →
CAROL 5.96 bits
9.7% →
GRATE 5.22 bits
8.2% →
GIANT 5.09 bits
6.1% →
ROAST 4.62 bits
5.6% →
LAIRY 4.22 bits
4.9% →
TRASH 4.88 bits
4.1% →
CLARY 5.01 bits
3.8% →
MACRO 5.01 bits
2.7% →
PLATE 4.66 bits
2.7% →
LIANE 4.46 bits