5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SERGE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /sɜːd͡ʒ//sɝd͡ʒ/

Noun

A type of worsted cloth.

Noun

A garment made of this fabric.

Verb

To overlock.

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 SERGE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SERGE 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 79.4% of games, misses completely in 20.6%, and leaves about 170 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,623 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__G_ S in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TALON TRAIN SLANT ALIEN TOILE ANILE
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.82 Entropy (bits)
170 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 73% of evaluated openers
1.13 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SERGE 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#7,623 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SERGE ranks #7,623 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
819
4 guesses
1,192
5 guesses
253
6 guesses
18
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:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
44%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

486
214
163
134
129
115
93
76
72
70
56
51
42
38
36
34
28
27
26
19
19
19
18
17
17
16
16
15
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SERGE:

21% chance
Suggested:
TALON
9% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
7% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.6% →
TALON 5.70 bits
9.1% →
TRAIN 5.20 bits
6.9% →
SLANT 4.55 bits
5.7% →
ALIEN 5.19 bits
5.5% →
TOILE 3.57 bits
4.9% →
ANILE 4.67 bits
3.9% →
OASIS 4.73 bits
3.2% →
GLOAT 4.87 bits
3.1% →
DEALT 4.65 bits
3.0% →
COALY 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1E1R1G2E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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