5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SYRAH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A dark-skinned variety of grape, used to produce red wines.

Noun

A wine produced from this variety of grape.

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 SYRAH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SYRAH 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 85.3% of games, misses completely in 14.7%, and leaves about 144 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,400 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___H S in the 1st position and H in the 5th position S__A_ S in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _Y__H Y in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE ALANE TRONE MOILE CLINE CLOTE
Words starting with S Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.93 Entropy (bits)
144 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 80% of evaluated openers
1.02 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SYRAH 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
0.73 Volatility
#5,400 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SYRAH ranks #5,400 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
958
4 guesses
1,080
5 guesses
238
6 guesses
28
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

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
32%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

346
273
235
145
129
127
67
62
59
58
57
53
50
36
34
32
31
30
27
22
22
20
20
20
20
20
17
15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SYRAH:

15% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
12% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
ALANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.7% →
TOILE 6.16 bits
11.6% →
TOILE 5.13 bits
10.0% →
ALANE 5.38 bits
6.1% →
TRONE 4.37 bits
5.5% →
MOILE 4.42 bits
5.4% →
CLINE 5.18 bits
2.8% →
CLOTE 4.62 bits
2.6% →
CLOTE 3.86 bits
2.5% →
BIOSE 4.78 bits
2.5% →
CONTE 4.36 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1Y4R1A1H4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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