5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SERIR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

Open Solver with SERIR Open Word Finder

Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A desert of pebbles or larger stones.

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 SERIR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SERIR 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 84.7% of games, misses completely in 15.3%, and leaves about 132 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,718 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___R S in the 1st position and R in the 5th position S__I_ S in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__R E in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

COALY ALONE GLINT GRANT SLANT THALE
Words starting with S Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.96 Entropy (bits)
132 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 81% of evaluated openers
0.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SERIR 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#7,718 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SERIR ranks #7,718 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
850
4 guesses
1,179
5 guesses
245
6 guesses
23
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:
EIRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
42%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

360
241
153
140
123
102
98
88
76
71
71
70
53
46
46
39
34
33
26
24
24
24
24
22
22
20
18
16
15
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SERIR:

15% chance
Suggested:
COALY
10% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
6% chance
Suggested:
GLINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.3% →
COALY 5.66 bits
10.2% →
ALONE 5.38 bits
6.5% →
GLINT 4.87 bits
5.9% →
GRANT 4.76 bits
5.2% →
SLANT 4.56 bits
4.3% →
THALE 4.68 bits
4.2% →
TRACE 4.67 bits
3.7% →
ANILE 4.50 bits
3.2% →
ANTIC 4.57 bits
3.0% →
OLATE 3.38 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1E1R1I1R1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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