5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SYREN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Obsolete form of siren.

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 SYREN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SYREN 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 89.0% of games, misses completely in 11.0%, and leaves about 106 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,487 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___N S in the 1st position and N in the 5th position S__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _Y__N Y in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

CLOUT DEALT TRAIL DAILY TRACE GIANT
Words starting with S Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.20 Entropy (bits)
106 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 92% of evaluated openers
0.75 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SYREN 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,487 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SYREN ranks #3,487 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
930
4 guesses
1,145
5 guesses
193
6 guesses
17
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:
ENRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
37%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

259
226
162
134
125
122
117
94
70
65
62
58
56
41
36
35
33
30
29
28
27
27
26
25
24
24
23
23
17
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SYREN:

11% chance
Suggested:
CLOUT
10% chance
Suggested:
DEALT
7% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.0% →
CLOUT 5.89 bits
9.6% →
DEALT 5.50 bits
6.9% →
TRAIL 5.17 bits
5.7% →
DAILY 4.37 bits
5.3% →
TRACE 4.83 bits
5.2% →
GIANT 5.21 bits
5.0% →
TOILE 3.52 bits
4.0% →
SHALT 4.65 bits
3.0% →
LIANE 4.50 bits
2.8% →
PLATE 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1Y4R1E1N1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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