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

SEMIE

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

No dictionary definition for SEMIE 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 SEMIE in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% 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 SEMIE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SEMIE 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 79.5% of games, misses completely in 20.5%, and leaves about 174 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #7,945 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe SEMIE 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.

4.72 Entropy (bits)
174 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How SEMIE 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.92% Solved within six
0.70 Spread of game lengths
#7,945 Rank among openers
Opening with SEMIE left 2 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.70 means those games clustered within about 0.70 of a guess of the 3.72 average. It ranks #7,945 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
818
4 guesses
1,228
5 guesses
233
6 guesses
18

Composition

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
EIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
46%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

SEMIE can come back 87 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

488 answers
196 answers
193 answers
150 answers
146 answers
104 answers
91 answers
90 answers
81 answers
73 answers
59 answers
46 answers
40 answers
39 answers
36 answers
31 answers
30 answers
29 answers
29 answers
29 answers
23 answers
19 answers
19 answers
17 answers
17 answers
17 answers
15 answers
15 answers
15 answers
13 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1E1M3I1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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

Strategy after playing SEMIE

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

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SEMIE:

20% chance
Suggested:
TALON
8% chance
Suggested:
GLINT
8% chance
Suggested:
RATEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.5% →
TALON 5.79 bits
8.2% →
GLINT 4.92 bits
8.1% →
RATEL 5.18 bits
6.3% →
ROANY 4.74 bits
6.1% →
GRACE 4.58 bits
4.4% →
CLARY 5.03 bits
3.8% →
TRAIL 4.62 bits
3.8% →
TRASH 4.95 bits
3.4% →
MORAL 4.95 bits
3.1% →
DINER 4.77 bits

Research on SEMIE

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

Optimal play

Opening with SEMIE, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.73 guesses and ranks #6,682 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 3.88 guesses at best and is rank #3,796 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.72, at or below the proven-optimal 3.73, 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).