5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SEXTO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A book consisting of sheets each of which is folded into six leaves.

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 SEXTO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SEXTO 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 84.1% of games, misses completely in 15.9%, and leaves about 170 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,978 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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___O S in the 1st position and O in the 5th position S__T_ S in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _E__O E in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

CAIRN RAILE DROOL LEARE TAINT BORNE
Words starting with S Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.54 Entropy (bits)
170 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SEXTO 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,978 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SEXTO ranks #10,978 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
732
4 guesses
1,284
5 guesses
258
6 guesses
30

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
32%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

374
325
232
137
133
112
107
98
76
72
67
52
44
40
35
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31
26
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SEXTO:

16% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN
14% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
10% chance
Suggested:
DROOL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.9% →
CAIRN 5.87 bits
13.8% →
RAILE 5.46 bits
9.8% →
DROOL 5.07 bits
5.8% →
LEARE 4.68 bits
5.6% →
TAINT 5.13 bits
4.7% →
BORNE 4.32 bits
4.5% →
CLARY 4.77 bits
4.2% →
LAREE 4.83 bits
3.2% →
PARLE 4.55 bits
3.1% →
MARSH 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1E1X8T1O1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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