5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

SIEVE

SIEVE is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /sɪv/

Noun

A device with a mesh, grate, or otherwise perforated bottom to separate, in a granular material, larger particles from smaller ones, or to separate solid objects from a liquid.

“Use the sieve to get the pasta from the water.”

Noun

A process, physical or abstract, that arrives at a final result by filtering out unwanted pieces of input from a larger starting set of input.

“Given a list of consecutive numbers starting at 1, the Sieve of Eratosthenes algorithm will find all of the prime numbers.”

Verb

To strain, sift or sort using a sieve.

Verb

To concede; to let in.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 SIEVE performs as a guess

SIEVE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 75.6% of games, misses completely in 24.4%, and leaves about 225 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,656 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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__V_ S in the 1st position and V in the 4th position _I__E I in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

CORAL LATER CAIRN SLANT GRATE TRASH
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.40 Entropy (bits)
225 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 45% of evaluated openers
1.54 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SIEVE 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,656 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SIEVE ranks #11,656 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
719
4 guesses
1,250
5 guesses
307
6 guesses
23
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

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
EIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
43%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N G
S I E V E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SIEVE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

575
262
207
163
143
100
89
56
53
52
46
41
40
38
27
27
27
26
26
26
24
21
16
16
16
15
14
14
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SIEVE:

24% chance
Suggested:
CORAL
11% chance
Suggested:
LATER
9% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.4% →
CORAL 5.78 bits
11.1% →
LATER 5.37 bits
8.8% →
CAIRN 5.29 bits
6.9% →
SLANT 4.51 bits
6.1% →
GRATE 4.49 bits
4.2% →
TRASH 4.92 bits
3.8% →
MINTY 3.74 bits
2.4% →
FRIED 4.48 bits
2.2% →
TREAD 4.54 bits
2.2% →
STINK 3.92 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1I1E1V4E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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