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Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SETTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of sett

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 SETTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SETTS 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 72.6% of games, misses completely in 27.4%, and leaves about 308 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,319 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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___S S in the 1st position and S in the 5th position S__T_ S in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position SE_TS S in the 1st position, E in the 2nd position, T in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL RAILE TRAIN CARLE COALY PAIRE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.89 Entropy (bits)
308 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 18% of evaluated openers
2.06 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SETTS 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,319 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SETTS ranks #13,319 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
657
4 guesses
1,307
5 guesses
321
6 guesses
33
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
1 vowels
Common:
EST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
35%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

63 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

646
454
159
151
135
91
89
61
60
58
43
39
31
27
27
25
24
16
14
13
12
12
12
12
11
11
10
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SETTS:

27% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
19% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
7% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.4% →
CAROL 5.90 bits
19.3% →
RAILE 5.29 bits
6.7% →
TRAIN 5.28 bits
6.4% →
CARLE 4.60 bits
5.7% →
COALY 4.83 bits
3.9% →
PAIRE 4.53 bits
3.8% →
LAREE 4.60 bits
2.6% →
STAIN 3.81 bits
2.5% →
BRASH 4.50 bits
2.5% →
ROULE 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1E1T1T1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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