5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

SILER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

A surname.

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 SILER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SILER 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 90.9% of games, misses completely in 9.1%, and leaves about 80 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #975 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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___R S in the 1st position and R in the 5th position S__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__R I in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position SI_ER S in the 1st position, I in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and R in the 5th position

Try next

MOUNT ACORN COATE COALY BLATE ANTIC
Words starting with S Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.59 Entropy (bits)
80 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.6% Avg ruled out
In the top 1% for first-turn entropy
0.35 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SILER 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
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#975 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SILER ranks #975 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
85
3 guesses
975
4 guesses
1,107
5 guesses
172
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:
EILRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
91%
Green tile
40%
All gray
9%

Feedback distribution

125 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

214
167
142
132
117
94
89
84
78
60
53
52
49
48
48
46
45
35
34
30
30
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26
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21
21
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20

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SILER:

9% chance
Suggested:
MOUNT
7% chance
Suggested:
ACORN
6% chance
Suggested:
COATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.1% →
MOUNT 5.50 bits
7.1% →
ACORN 4.94 bits
6.0% →
COATE 5.10 bits
5.6% →
COATE 4.79 bits
5.0% →
COALY 4.81 bits
4.0% →
BLATE 4.61 bits
3.8% →
ANTIC 5.16 bits
3.6% →
SCANT 4.50 bits
3.3% →
POTAE 3.45 bits
2.5% →
PITHY 3.87 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1I1L1E1R1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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