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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

SLEEP

Yes, SLEEP was the Wordle answer on December 7, 2023 (Wordle #901).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsliːp/[ˈslɪi̯p]

Verb

To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.

“You should sleep eight hours a day.”

Verb

To have sexual intercourse (see sleep with).

“Last night we slept together for the first time.”

Noun

The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm.

“I really need some sleep.”

Noun

An act or instance of sleeping.

“I’m just going to have a quick sleep.”

Alternative forms: sleepe

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: December 7, 2023 (#901).

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

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How SLEEP performs as a guess

SLEEP 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 77.2% of games, misses completely in 22.8%, and leaves about 196 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,824 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___P S in the 1st position and P in the 5th position S__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _L__P L in the 2nd position and P in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN TIARE LOYAL ROAST ROANY THALE
Words starting with S Words ending with P

First-turn measures

4.74 Entropy (bits)
196 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 68% of evaluated openers
1.21 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SLEEP 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#5,824 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SLEEP ranks #5,824 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
861
4 guesses
1,179
5 guesses
225
6 guesses
17
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:
ELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
39%
All gray
23%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E N
S L E E K
S L E E P

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SLEEP in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

537
257
176
132
127
100
81
78
75
46
42
39
38
36
35
26
23
21
20
19
18
17
16
15
15
15
15
14
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SLEEP:

23% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
11% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
7% chance
Suggested:
LOYAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.8% →
TRAIN 6.02 bits
10.9% →
TIARE 5.37 bits
7.5% →
LOYAL 5.03 bits
5.6% →
ROAST 4.57 bits
5.4% →
ROANY 4.26 bits
4.2% →
ROAST 4.89 bits
3.4% →
THALE 4.33 bits
3.3% →
PATIO 4.97 bits
3.2% →
CANOE 4.03 bits
2.0% →
ROUTE 4.20 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1L1E1E1P3
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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