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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

SEPIA

Yes, SEPIA was the Wordle answer on June 14, 2026 (Wordle #1821).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsiːpiə/

Noun

A dark brown pigment made from the secretions of the cuttlefish.

Noun

A dark, slightly reddish, brown colour.

Adjective

Of a dark reddish-brown colour.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: June 14, 2026 (#1821).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How SEPIA performs as a guess

SEPIA is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 89.9% of games, misses completely in 10.1%, and leaves about 113 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,692 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___A S in the 1st position and A in the 5th position S__I_ S in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__A E in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TALON TRULY TONER CARLE GLINT DINER
Words starting with S Words ending with A

First-turn measures

5.17 Entropy (bits)
113 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 91% of evaluated openers
0.78 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SEPIA 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#3,692 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SEPIA ranks #3,692 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
80
3 guesses
908
4 guesses
1,136
5 guesses
210
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
3 vowels
Common:
AEIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
35%
All gray
10%

Example solver route

R O A T E
L A D E N
S E P I A

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SEPIA in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

241
239
211
172
142
114
98
68
62
52
47
44
44
43
41
40
39
38
35
34
29
25
24
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21
21
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17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SEPIA:

10% chance
Suggested:
TALON
10% chance
Suggested:
TRULY
9% chance
Suggested:
TONER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.2% →
TALON 5.17 bits
10.1% →
TRULY 5.39 bits
8.9% →
TONER 5.22 bits
7.3% →
CARLE 4.79 bits
6.0% →
GLINT 4.93 bits
4.8% →
DINER 4.80 bits
4.2% →
DOREE 4.25 bits
2.9% →
SHUNT 4.32 bits
2.6% →
CLARY 4.08 bits
2.2% →
CLARY 4.21 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1E1P3I1A1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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