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SERIF

Yes, SERIF was the Wordle answer on March 23, 2026 (Wordle #1738).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsɛɹɪf//səˈɹiːf/

Noun

A short line added to the end of a stroke in traditional typefaces, such as Times New Roman.

Adjective

Of a typeface, provided with serifs.

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: March 23, 2026 (#1738).

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

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How SERIF performs as a guess

SERIF 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 86.4% of games, misses completely in 13.6%, and leaves about 122 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,494 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___F S in the 1st position and F in the 5th position S__I_ S in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__F E in the 2nd position and F in the 5th position

Try next

COALY ALONE POTAE ACORN GLINT SLANT
Words starting with S Words ending with F

First-turn measures

5.07 Entropy (bits)
122 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 87% of evaluated openers
0.88 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SERIF 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#4,494 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SERIF ranks #4,494 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
899
4 guesses
1,155
5 guesses
211
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
2 vowels
Common:
EIRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
36%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E D
S E R I F

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SERIF in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

321
224
167
152
134
116
91
81
70
69
64
54
51
51
49
48
35
34
29
24
24
23
23
22
21
18
17
17
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SERIF:

14% chance
Suggested:
COALY
9% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
7% chance
Suggested:
POTAE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.6% →
COALY 5.67 bits
9.5% →
ALONE 5.41 bits
7.1% →
POTAE 4.49 bits
6.4% →
ACORN 4.93 bits
5.7% →
GLINT 4.87 bits
4.9% →
SLANT 4.55 bits
3.9% →
THALE 4.64 bits
3.4% →
ANILE 4.49 bits
3.0% →
PLATE 4.81 bits
2.9% →
ANTIC 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1E1R1I1F4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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