5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SENGI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsɛŋɡi//-ɡiː/

Noun

Any of several small, insectivorous long-nosed mammals, of the family Macroscelididae within the Macroscelidea order, native to Africa.

Noun

A former (1967–1993) monetary unit of Zaire, one hundredth of a likuta, and one ten-thousandth of a zaire; it was issued only in ten sengi coins.

Alternative forms: senghi

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 SENGI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SENGI 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 83.9% of games, misses completely in 16.1%, and leaves about 149 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,935 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___I S in the 1st position and I in the 5th position S__G_ S in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _E__I E in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL ORATE TRAIL CLARY TRIED PARTE
Words starting with S Words ending with I

First-turn measures

4.85 Entropy (bits)
149 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 75% of evaluated openers
1.10 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SENGI 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,935 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SENGI ranks #4,935 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
871
4 guesses
1,206
5 guesses
192
6 guesses
17
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EINS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
32%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

380
291
184
128
122
99
86
85
82
67
63
51
45
40
39
38
37
34
29
27
24
24
24
21
18
18
18
17
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SENGI:

16% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
12% chance
Suggested:
ORATE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.1% →
CAROL 6.00 bits
12.3% →
ORATE 5.25 bits
7.8% →
TRAIL 5.21 bits
5.4% →
CLARY 4.97 bits
5.2% →
CLARY 4.75 bits
4.2% →
TRIED 4.69 bits
3.6% →
PARTE 4.69 bits
3.6% →
FRONT 4.64 bits
3.5% →
TRASH 4.93 bits
2.8% →
DOREE 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1E1N1G2I1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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