5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SIZER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

An instrument or contrivance to size articles, or to determine their size by a standard, or to separate and distribute them according to size.

Noun

An instrument or tool for bringing anything to an exact size.

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 SIZER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SIZER 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 85.1% of games, misses completely in 14.9%, and leaves about 142 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,474 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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

COALY DEALT ARROW CRATE ANTIC SLANT
Words starting with S Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.77 Entropy (bits)
142 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 70% of evaluated openers
1.18 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SIZER 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#10,474 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SIZER ranks #10,474 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
760
4 guesses
1,225
5 guesses
288
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
37%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

351
250
198
144
142
123
93
84
80
70
68
66
64
60
44
38
32
30
27
26
26
21
21
20
17
16
14
14
14
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SIZER:

15% chance
Suggested:
COALY
11% chance
Suggested:
DEALT
8% chance
Suggested:
ARROW

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.9% →
COALY 5.69 bits
10.6% →
DEALT 5.50 bits
8.4% →
ARROW 4.63 bits
6.1% →
CRATE 4.79 bits
6.0% →
ANTIC 5.16 bits
5.2% →
SLANT 4.56 bits
3.9% →
OLATE 3.30 bits
3.6% →
EATEN 4.22 bits
3.4% →
LIGHT 3.72 bits
3.0% →
LASSO 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1I1Z10E1R1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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