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SINCE

Yes, SINCE was the Wordle answer on March 14, 2024 (Wordle #999).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /sɪn(t)s/

Adverb

From a specified time in the past.

“I met him last year, but haven't seen him since.”

Preposition

From: referring to a period of time ending in the present and defining it by the point in time at which it started, or the period in which its starting point occurred.

“I'd known her only since the previous year, so from/since the moment we got married we’ve quarrelled.”

Conjunction

From the time that.

“I have loved you since I first met you.”

Conjunction

Because.

“Since you didn't call, we left without you.”

Alternative forms: sence

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: March 14, 2024 (#999).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How SINCE performs as a guess

SINCE 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 86.4% of games, misses completely in 13.6%, and leaves about 111 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,119 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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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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__C_ S in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _I__E I in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

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MORAL ALTER GRATE TRAIL ROAST GRAND
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.34 Entropy (bits)
111 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 96% of evaluated openers
0.61 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SINCE 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
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,119 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SINCE ranks #1,119 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
985
4 guesses
1,103
5 guesses
174
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:
EINS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
45%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SINCE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

122 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

321
253
143
97
97
90
77
69
68
66
62
48
45
45
41
40
37
37
35
35
34
31
31
26
23
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18
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16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SINCE:

14% chance
Suggested:
MORAL
11% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
6% chance
Suggested:
GRATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.6% →
MORAL 5.78 bits
10.7% →
ALTER 5.30 bits
6.1% →
GRATE 4.55 bits
4.1% →
TRAIL 5.26 bits
4.1% →
ROAST 4.74 bits
3.8% →
GRAND 4.94 bits
3.3% →
TRASH 4.86 bits
2.9% →
LATER 4.44 bits
2.9% →
CLARY 4.95 bits
2.8% →
DIRTY 3.95 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1I1N1C3E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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