5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SIDHE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ʃiː/

Noun

Alternative letter-case form of Sidhe.

Alternative forms: sidh

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 SIDHE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SIDHE 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 84.0% of games, misses completely in 16.0%, and leaves about 143 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,074 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___E S in the 1st position and E in the 5th position S__H_ S in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _I__E I in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TALON ALTER CAIRN CARLE ROANY TORCH
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.98 Entropy (bits)
143 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 82% of evaluated openers
0.97 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SIDHE 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,074 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SIDHE ranks #4,074 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
897
4 guesses
1,172
5 guesses
198
6 guesses
14
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:
EIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
40%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

377
287
156
151
119
103
76
71
56
55
51
46
44
43
43
42
34
34
33
32
28
23
23
23
21
19
19
18
17
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SIDHE:

16% chance
Suggested:
TALON
12% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
7% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.0% →
TALON 5.87 bits
12.2% →
ALTER 5.46 bits
6.6% →
CAIRN 5.32 bits
6.4% →
CARLE 4.44 bits
5.0% →
ROANY 4.71 bits
4.4% →
TORCH 5.18 bits
3.2% →
DRAWN 4.94 bits
3.0% →
ROAST 4.83 bits
2.4% →
LEANT 3.93 bits
2.3% →
DETER 4.39 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1I1D2H4E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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