5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

SERAC

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /sɛˈɹæk//ˈsɛɹæk/

Noun

Often sérac: a hard, cone-shaped, pale green, strongly flavoured cheese from Switzerland made from skimmed cow milk and blue fenugreek (Trigonella caerulea); Schabziger, Sapsago. It is usually eaten grated, mixed with butter, or in a fondue.

Noun

A sharp tower of ice formed by intersecting crevasses of a glacier.

Alternative forms: sérac

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 SERAC performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SERAC 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 89.7% of games, misses completely in 10.3%, and leaves about 87 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #685 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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___C S in the 1st position and C in the 5th position S__A_ S in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__C E in the 2nd position and C in the 5th position

Try next

GUILT TOILE TALON DROIT TABLE SPILT
Words starting with S Words ending with C

First-turn measures

5.54 Entropy (bits)
87 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 99% of evaluated openers
0.40 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SERAC 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#685 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SERAC ranks #685 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
79
3 guesses
1,015
4 guesses
1,063
5 guesses
181
6 guesses
14
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:
AERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
36%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

119 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

244
165
156
138
104
98
91
84
77
63
57
55
50
48
46
40
34
34
32
32
31
27
26
20
20
20
20
19
17
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SERAC:

10% chance
Suggested:
GUILT
7% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
7% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.3% →
GUILT 5.48 bits
7.0% →
TOILE 5.49 bits
6.6% →
TALON 5.10 bits
5.9% →
TOILE 4.31 bits
4.4% →
DROIT 4.94 bits
4.2% →
TABLE 4.56 bits
3.9% →
SPILT 4.44 bits
3.6% →
TRAIN 4.20 bits
3.3% →
CHUNK 4.78 bits
2.7% →
TOILE 4.23 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1E1R1A1C3
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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