5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SETON

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A few silk threads or horsehairs, or a strip of linen etc., introduced beneath the skin by a knife or needle, so as to induce suppuration; also, the issue so formed.

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 SETON performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SETON 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 89.0% of games, misses completely in 11.0%, and leaves about 100 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #786 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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___N S in the 1st position and N in the 5th position S__O_ S in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _E__N E in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

LAIRY RAILE CLARY LEARE RAINY TRAIL
Words starting with S Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.38 Entropy (bits)
100 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 97% of evaluated openers
0.57 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SETON 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#786 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SETON ranks #786 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
86
3 guesses
973
4 guesses
1,120
5 guesses
158
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
37%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

122 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

260
253
141
105
98
91
91
84
78
66
61
59
49
48
43
41
39
39
33
32
30
25
25
23
21
21
21
19
19
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SETON:

11% chance
Suggested:
LAIRY
11% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
6% chance
Suggested:
CLARY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.0% →
LAIRY 5.66 bits
10.7% →
RAILE 5.40 bits
6.0% →
CLARY 5.16 bits
4.5% →
LEARE 4.77 bits
4.2% →
RAINY 4.74 bits
3.9% →
TRAIL 5.15 bits
3.9% →
TRACE 4.82 bits
3.6% →
DROVE 4.37 bits
3.3% →
CLARY 4.89 bits
2.8% →
MARSH 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1E1T1O1N1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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