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

SYPES

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

No dictionary definition for SYPES 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 SYPES in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 88.4% 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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

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

How SYPES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SYPES 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 75.5% of games, misses completely in 24.5%, and leaves about 275 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #13,443 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe SYPES 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.

4.00 Entropy (bits)
275 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.4% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How SYPES 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
99.87% Solved within six
0.73 Spread of game lengths
#13,443 Rank among openers
Opening with SYPES left 3 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.73 means those games clustered within about 0.73 of a guess of the 3.87 average. It ranks #13,443 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
627
4 guesses
1,312
5 guesses
330
6 guesses
36

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
32%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

SYPES can come back 70 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

583 answers
422 answers
215 answers
198 answers
137 answers
79 answers
77 answers
65 answers
65 answers
56 answers
55 answers
36 answers
34 answers
28 answers
27 answers
26 answers
21 answers
18 answers
17 answers
17 answers
16 answers
16 answers
15 answers
12 answers
12 answers
10 answers
10 answers
9 answers
8 answers
8 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1Y4P3E1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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

Strategy after playing SYPES

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

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SYPES:

24% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
18% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
OATER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.5% →
TRAIL 6.04 bits
17.7% →
RAILE 5.21 bits
9.0% →
OATER 4.21 bits
8.3% →
DAILY 4.39 bits
5.7% →
STAIN 4.65 bits
3.3% →
TIARE 4.24 bits
3.2% →
POLAR 4.73 bits
2.7% →
TIARE 4.49 bits
2.7% →
ROAST 4.34 bits
2.3% →
PRICE 4.47 bits

Research on SYPES

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

Optimal play

Opening with SYPES, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.83 guesses and ranks #11,962 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 SYPES can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.87; proven optimal play reaches 3.83. The fixed strategy accounts for the difference.

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).