5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SIRRA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of sirrah.

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 SIRRA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SIRRA 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 155 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,286 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___A S in the 1st position and A in the 5th position S__R_ S in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _I__A I in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

CLOTE TONER CLINE LEANT THALE THOSE
Words starting with S Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.72 Entropy (bits)
155 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 66% of evaluated openers
1.23 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SIRRA 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#8,286 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SIRRA ranks #8,286 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
855
4 guesses
1,166
5 guesses
251
6 guesses
29
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
2 vowels
Common:
AIRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
35%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

356
318
177
153
132
112
111
86
73
70
66
63
57
50
35
29
27
27
26
25
23
21
18
16
15
14
13
13
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SIRRA:

15% chance
Suggested:
CLOTE
13% chance
Suggested:
CLOTE
8% chance
Suggested:
TONER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.1% →
CLOTE 5.76 bits
13.5% →
CLOTE 5.53 bits
7.5% →
TONER 4.93 bits
6.5% →
CLINE 5.33 bits
5.6% →
LEANT 4.39 bits
4.7% →
CLOTE 4.74 bits
4.7% →
CLOTE 4.34 bits
3.6% →
THALE 4.64 bits
3.1% →
THOSE 4.77 bits
3.0% →
CONTE 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1I1R1R1A1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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