Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier for first-turn info

SUETE

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

No dictionary definition for SUETE is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use SUETE in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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 SUETE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SUETE 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 79.2% of games, misses completely in 20.8%, and leaves about 173 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #7,358 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe SUETE used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.89 Entropy (bits)
173 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How SUETE 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.79% Solved within six
0.72 Spread of game lengths
#7,358 Rank among openers
Opening with SUETE left 5 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.72 means those games clustered within about 0.72 of a guess of the 3.71 average. It ranks #7,358 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
844
4 guesses
1,188
5 guesses
226
6 guesses
29

Composition

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
ESTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
45%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

SUETE can come back 101 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

493 answers
257 answers
149 answers
149 answers
111 answers
85 answers
78 answers
72 answers
67 answers
55 answers
48 answers
44 answers
43 answers
38 answers
35 answers
30 answers
30 answers
28 answers
27 answers
24 answers
23 answers
22 answers
20 answers
19 answers
19 answers
16 answers
16 answers
16 answers
16 answers
16 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1U1E1T1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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

Strategy after playing SUETE

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to SUETE.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SUETE:

21% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
11% chance
Suggested:
RAINY
6% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.8%
CAROL 5.99 bits
10.8%
RAINY 5.04 bits
6.3%
RAILE 4.42 bits
6.3%
TAROT 5.18 bits
4.7%
CLARY 4.71 bits
3.6%
CLARY 4.21 bits
3.3%
CATER 4.60 bits
3.0%
CLONE 4.42 bits
2.8%
CRASS 4.72 bits
2.3%
STAIR 4.05 bits

Research on SUETE

Game-tree analysis and word research for SUETE, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with SUETE, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.72 guesses and ranks #5,998 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with SUETE can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.71, at or below the proven-optimal 3.72, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).