5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SIRIS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Any tree of the genus Albizia.

Alternative forms: sirisa, sirissa, sirris

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 SIRIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SIRIS 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 70.2% of games, misses completely in 29.8%, and leaves about 328 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,155 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 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___S S in the 1st position and S in the 5th position S__I_ S in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ALONE COATE LEANT PLATE CONTE PRATE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.73 Entropy (bits)
328 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 13% of evaluated openers
2.22 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SIRIS 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
99.7% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,155 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SIRIS ranks #13,155 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
24
3 guesses
724
4 guesses
1,208
5 guesses
359
6 guesses
31
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
36%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

54 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

703
406
190
130
111
110
106
82
82
57
48
37
31
30
23
18
15
14
13
11
11
11
10
10
10
9
9
8
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SIRIS:

30% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
17% chance
Suggested:
COATE
8% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.8% →
ALONE 6.02 bits
17.2% →
COATE 5.35 bits
8.1% →
LEANT 5.33 bits
5.5% →
ALONE 5.08 bits
4.7% →
PLATE 5.32 bits
4.7% →
CONTE 4.47 bits
4.5% →
COATE 4.86 bits
3.5% →
LEANT 4.81 bits
3.5% →
PRATE 4.19 bits
2.4% →
THANE 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1I1R1I1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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