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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

SUEDE

Yes, SUEDE was the Wordle answer on May 24, 2025 (Wordle #1435).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /sweɪd//swed/

Noun

A type of soft leather, made from calfskin, with a brushed texture to resemble fabric, often used to make boots, clothing and fashion accessories.

Adjective

Made of suede.

Verb

To make (leather) into suede.

Verb

To finish (fabric) by abrasion, giving it a fibrous surface.

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: May 24, 2025 (#1435).

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

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How SUEDE performs as a guess

SUEDE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 76.3% of games, misses completely in 23.7%, and leaves about 210 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,107 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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__D_ S in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _U__E U in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TALON LATER LAIRY RAILE DRAIN ROAST
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.56 Entropy (bits)
210 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SUEDE 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#9,107 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SUEDE ranks #9,107 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
798
4 guesses
1,225
5 guesses
248
6 guesses
25

Composition

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
ESU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
43%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N G
S U E D E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SUEDE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

558
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58
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SUEDE:

24% chance
Suggested:
TALON
12% chance
Suggested:
LATER
7% chance
Suggested:
LAIRY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.7% →
TALON 5.92 bits
11.6% →
LATER 5.28 bits
6.8% →
LAIRY 4.59 bits
6.4% →
RAILE 4.40 bits
4.5% →
DRAIN 5.26 bits
4.2% →
ROAST 4.90 bits
4.0% →
COURT 4.95 bits
3.9% →
CLARY 4.23 bits
2.8% →
ARIEL 4.40 bits
2.5% →
PARTE 3.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1U1E1D2E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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