5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SERRA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A saw, or saw-like part.

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 SERRA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SERRA 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 85.8% of games, misses completely in 14.2%, and leaves about 129 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,631 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___A S in the 1st position and A in the 5th position S__R_ S in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _E__A E in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

CLOUT TALON TOILE TABLE STINK PRINT
Words starting with S Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.98 Entropy (bits)
129 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 82% of evaluated openers
0.97 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SERRA 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,631 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SERRA ranks #8,631 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
808
4 guesses
1,220
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:
AERS

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

336
223
206
138
127
108
105
82
78
65
64
62
56
45
38
37
33
30
30
29
24
24
21
20
19
18
17
16
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SERRA:

14% chance
Suggested:
CLOUT
9% chance
Suggested:
TALON
9% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.2% →
CLOUT 5.43 bits
9.5% →
TALON 5.17 bits
8.7% →
TOILE 5.49 bits
5.9% →
TOILE 4.29 bits
5.4% →
TABLE 4.61 bits
4.6% →
STINK 4.42 bits
4.5% →
PRINT 4.52 bits
3.5% →
TRAIN 4.18 bits
3.3% →
TOILE 4.13 bits
2.8% →
CLINE 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1E1R1R1A1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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