5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SEXTS

SEXTS 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 sext

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of sext

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 SEXTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SEXTS 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 73.0% of games, misses completely in 27.0%, and leaves about 308 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,892 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.89 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 TAROT CARLE COALY TALER
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.75 Entropy (bits)
308 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SEXTS 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.

3.89 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#13,892 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SEXTS ranks #13,892 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
25
3 guesses
606
4 guesses
1,349
5 guesses
337
6 guesses
33

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
EST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
32%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

51 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

637
441
208
149
136
116
91
70
60
59
58
40
33
31
30
16
13
12
12
12
12
12
11
10
9
8
7
7
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SEXTS:

27% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
19% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
TAROT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.0% →
CAROL 5.89 bits
18.7% →
RAILE 5.29 bits
8.8% →
TAROT 5.11 bits
6.3% →
CARLE 4.60 bits
5.8% →
COALY 4.83 bits
4.9% →
TALER 4.75 bits
3.9% →
PAIRE 4.53 bits
3.0% →
STAIN 3.90 bits
2.5% →
BRASH 4.50 bits
2.5% →
RAINY 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1E1X8T1S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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