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

SIETH

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

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

Meaning and pronunciation

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

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Use SIETH in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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 SIETH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SIETH 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 84.9% of games, misses completely in 15.1%, and leaves about 142 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #1,099 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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First-turn measures

All four describe SIETH 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.

5.21 Entropy (bits)
142 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How SIETH 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.96% Solved within six
0.71 Spread of game lengths
#1,099 Rank among openers
Opening with SIETH left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.71 means those games clustered within about 0.71 of a guess of the 3.60 average. It ranks #1,099 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
74
3 guesses
1,006
4 guesses
1,073
5 guesses
184
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
37%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

SIETH can come back 123 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

359 answers
359 answers
135 answers
95 answers
88 answers
83 answers
81 answers
57 answers
54 answers
54 answers
46 answers
45 answers
42 answers
42 answers
41 answers
40 answers
35 answers
28 answers
27 answers
27 answers
23 answers
22 answers
22 answers
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19 answers
19 answers
18 answers
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18 answers
17 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1I1E1T1H4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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

Strategy after playing SIETH

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

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SIETH:

15% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
15% chance
Suggested:
LAREE
6% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.1%
CAROL 5.78 bits
15.1%
LAREE 5.47 bits
5.7%
CAIRN 5.29 bits
4.0%
TALON 5.05 bits
3.7%
COALY 4.90 bits
3.5%
EATER 4.73 bits
3.4%
DRONE 4.41 bits
2.4%
CREED 4.41 bits
2.3%
TRAIN 4.50 bits
2.3%
SADLY 3.69 bits

Research on SIETH

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

Optimal play

Opening with SIETH, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.66 guesses and ranks #2,135 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 3.79 guesses at best and is rank #1,176 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.60, at or below the proven-optimal 3.66, because the two figures score different answer lists.

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.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).