5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SERFS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of serf

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 SERFS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SERFS 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 77.8% of games, misses completely in 22.2%, and leaves about 228 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,841 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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___S S in the 1st position and S in the 5th position S__F_ S in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONAL ANILE TRAIN CADET COALY THALE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.21 Entropy (bits)
228 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 33% of evaluated openers
1.74 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SERFS 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,841 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SERFS ranks #11,841 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
731
4 guesses
1,263
5 guesses
304
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
1 vowels
Common:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
33%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

524
313
224
217
149
106
94
70
67
55
53
50
36
27
25
23
22
22
21
19
18
17
16
13
12
12
11
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SERFS:

22% chance
Suggested:
TONAL
13% chance
Suggested:
ANILE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.2% →
TONAL 5.81 bits
13.3% →
ANILE 5.51 bits
9.5% →
TRAIN 5.19 bits
9.2% →
CADET 4.47 bits
6.3% →
COALY 4.70 bits
4.5% →
THALE 4.53 bits
4.0% →
PLATE 4.77 bits
3.0% →
WAIST 4.58 bits
2.8% →
COALY 4.57 bits
2.3% →
CLARY 4.09 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1E1R1F4S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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