Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

SERAI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.8% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /səˈɹaɪ/

Noun

A palace.

Noun

A seraglio.

Alternative forms: sarai

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 SERAI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SERAI 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 92.7% of games, misses completely in 7.3%, and leaves about 74 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,723 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.

First-turn measures

5.60 Entropy (bits)
74 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SERAI 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
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#3,723 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SERAI ranks #3,723 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
77
3 guesses
927
4 guesses
1,114
5 guesses
208
6 guesses
24

Composition

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AEIRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
93%
Green tile
35%
All gray
7%

Feedback distribution

111 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

173
161
151
122
105
101
82
81
78
65
62
61
60
54
52
49
43
41
36
32
32
32
32
31
25
24
24
24
23
21

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SERAI:

7% chance
Suggested:
COULD
7% chance
Suggested:
TONIC
6% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

7.3%
COULD 5.13 bits
6.8%
TONIC 4.79 bits
6.4%
TALON 4.85 bits
5.2%
OLDEN 5.04 bits
4.5%
OUTER 4.26 bits
4.3%
TABLE 4.61 bits
3.5%
TILDE 4.57 bits
3.4%
DRUNK 4.31 bits
3.3%
ACORN 3.94 bits
2.8%
STUNK 4.25 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1E1R1A1I1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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