5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SENTE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Lesotho loti.

Noun

First move, initiative.

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 SENTE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SENTE 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 80.9% of games, misses completely in 19.1%, and leaves about 146 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,589 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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__T_ S in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL TAROT ARIEL GLARE GROIN CLARY
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.03 Entropy (bits)
146 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 85% of evaluated openers
0.91 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SENTE 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#4,589 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SENTE ranks #4,589 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
892
4 guesses
1,176
5 guesses
195
6 guesses
20
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
46%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

450
154
153
146
132
105
85
73
66
64
54
50
49
48
38
37
35
35
31
31
25
23
21
21
21
20
19
19
18
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SENTE:

19% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
7% chance
Suggested:
TAROT
6% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.1% →
CAROL 6.02 bits
6.5% →
TAROT 5.13 bits
6.5% →
ARIEL 4.67 bits
6.2% →
GLARE 4.59 bits
5.6% →
GROIN 5.22 bits
4.5% →
CLARY 4.92 bits
3.6% →
CRASS 4.70 bits
3.1% →
CLARY 5.13 bits
2.8% →
ALTER 4.60 bits
2.7% →
COALY 4.30 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1E1N1T1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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