Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

SEYEN

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

No dictionary definition for SEYEN is recorded in our sourced data.

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 SEYEN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SEYEN 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 80.5% of games, misses completely in 19.5%, and leaves about 175 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #9,433 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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First-turn measures

All four describe SEYEN used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.64 Entropy (bits)
175 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 61% of evaluated openers
1.31 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How SEYEN 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.92% Solved within six
0.70 Spread of game lengths
#9,433 Rank among openers
Opening with SEYEN left 2 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.70 means those games clustered within about 0.70 of a guess of the 3.75 average. It ranks #9,433 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
748
4 guesses
1,285
5 guesses
239
6 guesses
20
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.46 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
40%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

SEYEN can come back 88 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

463 answers
251 answers
179 answers
158 answers
133 answers
133 answers
97 answers
82 answers
75 answers
63 answers
60 answers
54 answers
53 answers
38 answers
35 answers
34 answers
33 answers
31 answers
26 answers
24 answers
23 answers
22 answers
20 answers
17 answers
15 answers
15 answers
13 answers
13 answers
12 answers
12 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1E1Y4E1N1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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

Strategy after playing SEYEN

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to SEYEN.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SEYEN:

20% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
11% chance
Suggested:
GRATE
8% chance
Suggested:
DAILY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.5%
TRAIL 6.09 bits
10.6%
GRATE 5.17 bits
7.5%
DAILY 4.37 bits
6.7%
GIANT 5.15 bits
5.6%
TOILE 3.99 bits
5.6%
SHALT 4.63 bits
4.1%
TRASH 4.74 bits
3.5%
REACT 4.86 bits
3.2%
PLATE 4.68 bits
2.7%
LIANE 4.40 bits

Research on SEYEN

Game-tree analysis and word research for SEYEN, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with SEYEN, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.74 guesses and ranks #7,469 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with SEYEN can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.75; proven optimal play reaches 3.74. The fixed strategy accounts for the difference.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

How it sounds

Two syllables, stress on the first syllable Say it SAYEHN. Estimated pronunciation

This pronunciation is machine-estimated, not taken from a pronunciation dictionary.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD), with machine estimates from the g2p_en model.