5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SETAE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsiːtiː/

Noun

plural of seta

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 SETAE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SETAE 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 84.9% of games, misses completely in 15.1%, and leaves about 119 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,027 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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__A_ S in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

COULD CAIRN OLDEN TROUT NOIRE SLINK
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.23 Entropy (bits)
119 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 93% of evaluated openers
0.71 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SETAE 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,027 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SETAE ranks #5,027 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
875
4 guesses
1,202
5 guesses
197
6 guesses
15
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
3 vowels
Common:
AEST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
47%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

355
236
144
124
104
86
84
78
55
55
53
53
51
51
38
37
30
29
28
26
25
25
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23
23
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SETAE:

15% chance
Suggested:
COULD
10% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN
6% chance
Suggested:
OLDEN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.1% →
COULD 5.57 bits
10.0% →
CAIRN 5.16 bits
6.1% →
OLDEN 4.83 bits
5.3% →
TROUT 5.05 bits
4.4% →
NOIRE 4.43 bits
3.6% →
SLINK 4.24 bits
3.6% →
GLARE 3.85 bits
3.3% →
TAINT 4.36 bits
2.3% →
CORAL 4.41 bits
2.3% →
RAINY 3.91 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1E1T1A1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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