5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

SEWER

SEWER is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 91.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈs(j)uːə//ˈsuɚ//ˈsəʊə/

Noun

A pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.

“There was a blockage in the sewer after an item of clothing was flushed down the toilet.”

Verb

To provide (a place) with a system of sewers.

Noun

One who sews.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 SEWER performs as a guess

SEWER is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 76.9% of games, misses completely in 23.1%, and leaves about 205 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,720 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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

TALON TRAIN ALINE SLANT COATE OASIS
Words starting with S Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.56 Entropy (bits)
205 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 56% of evaluated openers
1.39 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SEWER 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#9,720 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SEWER ranks #9,720 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
788
4 guesses
1,197
5 guesses
292
6 guesses
19
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:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
39%
All gray
23%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E D
P E R C H
S E V E R
S E W E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SEWER in 5 guesses. See the trap-family guide for similar endgames.

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

545
245
200
157
109
98
91
81
72
71
49
47
46
40
37
37
33
22
21
19
17
16
15
15
14
13
11
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SEWER:

23% chance
Suggested:
TALON
10% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
8% chance
Suggested:
ALINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.1% →
TALON 5.70 bits
10.4% →
TRAIN 5.08 bits
8.5% →
ALINE 5.38 bits
6.7% →
SLANT 4.64 bits
4.6% →
COATE 4.43 bits
4.2% →
OASIS 4.75 bits
3.9% →
TOILE 3.38 bits
3.4% →
DEALT 4.63 bits
3.1% →
ALIEN 4.36 bits
3.0% →
PLATE 4.74 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1E1W4E1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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