5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SETER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of saeter.

Noun

A natural terrace in solid rock, formed by waves, that marks the former position of a shoreline.

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 SETER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SETER 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 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 134 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,431 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___R S in the 1st position and R in the 5th position S__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__R E in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position SE_ER S in the 1st position, E in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and R in the 5th position

Try next

COALY ALINE TAINT GRADE AMISS TRAIT
Words starting with S Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.11 Entropy (bits)
134 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 89% of evaluated openers
0.84 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SETER 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
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#4,431 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SETER ranks #4,431 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
900
4 guesses
1,137
5 guesses
217
6 guesses
20
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:
ERST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
42%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

401
205
161
140
114
84
84
72
71
62
59
55
48
47
45
40
37
36
31
30
28
28
24
23
23
17
16
15
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SETER:

17% chance
Suggested:
COALY
9% chance
Suggested:
COALY
7% chance
Suggested:
ALINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
COALY 5.71 bits
8.7% →
COALY 5.14 bits
6.8% →
ALINE 5.41 bits
5.9% →
TAINT 5.12 bits
4.8% →
COALY 4.77 bits
3.6% →
COALY 3.46 bits
3.6% →
GRADE 4.22 bits
3.1% →
AMISS 4.72 bits
3.0% →
TRAIT 4.59 bits
2.6% →
LADEN 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1E1T1E1R1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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