5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SEWAN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of seawan.

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 SEWAN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SEWAN 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 86.1% of games, misses completely in 13.9%, and leaves about 133 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,936 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___N S in the 1st position and N in the 5th position S__A_ S in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__N E in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

MOULT TOILE CAROL LARGE COUNT DETER
Words starting with S Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.02 Entropy (bits)
133 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 84% of evaluated openers
0.93 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SEWAN 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
0.71 Volatility
#4,936 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SEWAN ranks #4,936 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
80
3 guesses
850
4 guesses
1,208
5 guesses
199
6 guesses
16
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:
AENS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
35%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

328
264
219
141
117
93
91
73
69
68
61
52
48
46
46
35
28
27
27
26
26
24
22
21
21
19
19
16
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SEWAN:

14% chance
Suggested:
MOULT
11% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
9% chance
Suggested:
CAROL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.9% →
MOULT 5.60 bits
11.2% →
TOILE 5.24 bits
9.3% →
CAROL 5.05 bits
6.0% →
LARGE 4.66 bits
5.0% →
COUNT 5.02 bits
3.9% →
DETER 4.54 bits
3.9% →
SPILT 4.48 bits
3.1% →
HOIST 4.67 bits
2.9% →
GIANT 4.04 bits
2.9% →
RIONE 4.29 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1E1W4A1N1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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