5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SYEDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of Syed

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 SYEDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SYEDS 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 76.4% of games, misses completely in 23.6%, and leaves about 287 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,600 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.87 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___S S in the 1st position and S in the 5th position S__D_ S in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _Y__S Y in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL RAILE LAIRY STAIN DRAIN AIDER
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.89 Entropy (bits)
287 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 18% of evaluated openers
2.06 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SYEDS 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.

3.87 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,600 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SYEDS ranks #13,600 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
623
4 guesses
1,311
5 guesses
350
6 guesses
27
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
1 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
26%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

62 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

556
502
176
160
114
97
87
82
75
73
55
42
36
27
26
26
24
23
15
14
12
12
11
10
10
9
7
5
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SYEDS:

24% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
21% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
7% chance
Suggested:
LAIRY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.6% →
TRAIL 6.03 bits
21.3% →
RAILE 5.37 bits
7.5% →
LAIRY 4.45 bits
6.8% →
STAIN 4.61 bits
4.8% →
DRAIN 5.23 bits
4.1% →
AIDER 4.60 bits
3.7% →
PARTE 4.33 bits
3.5% →
ROAST 4.66 bits
3.2% →
TRACE 4.87 bits
3.1% →
TRASH 4.72 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1Y4E1D2S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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