5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SESSA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

A surname.

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 SESSA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SESSA 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 78.5% of games, misses completely in 21.5%, and leaves about 274 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,427 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.95 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__S_ S in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _E__A E in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT NOIRE TALON CARLE DETER SNOUT
Words starting with S Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.77 Entropy (bits)
274 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 14% of evaluated openers
2.18 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SESSA 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.

3.95 Avg guesses
99.6% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#14,427 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SESSA ranks #14,427 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
29
3 guesses
560
4 guesses
1,299
5 guesses
422
6 guesses
34
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
37%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

52 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

507
387
363
211
137
131
90
80
62
46
41
35
35
27
22
14
14
12
12
11
9
9
8
8
8
7
7
6
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SESSA:

22% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
16% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE
15% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.5% →
COUNT 5.69 bits
16.4% →
NOIRE 5.14 bits
15.4% →
TALON 5.15 bits
8.9% →
CARLE 4.72 bits
5.8% →
DETER 4.35 bits
5.6% →
SNOUT 4.31 bits
3.8% →
TRIPE 4.46 bits
3.4% →
CLARY 4.08 bits
2.6% →
CLARY 4.33 bits
2.0% →
MOIRE 4.16 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1E1S1S1A1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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