SALET playbook

The best second guesses after SALET

These are the six feedback branches you are most likely to see after SALET. Normal Mode can spend a turn testing letters; Hard Mode must obey every coloured tile.

Information
5.84 bits
Avg answers left
72.9
Avg solve
3.55 turns
Overall rank
#55

The six rows below cover 795 of 2,358 equally weighted answers (33.7%). They require 6 distinct Normal Mode replies and 6 Hard Mode replies.

Most common outcomes

Six rows worth learning

Gray, yellow and green tiles follow exact Wordle duplicate-letter rules.

Normal Mode

CORNU 6.41 average · 16 worst

Hard Mode

CORNU 6.41 average · 16 worst

The same move leads both modes on this branch.

Inspect this exact row

Normal Mode

NOIRE 5.59 average · 11 worst

Hard Mode

NOIRE 5.59 average · 11 worst

The same move leads both modes on this branch.

Inspect this exact row

Normal Mode

NIDOR 6.59 average · 18 worst

Hard Mode

DONER 8.83 average · 20 worst

Normal Mode gains by leaving the Hard Mode lane for a stronger splitter.

Inspect this exact row

Normal Mode

CRONY 3.81 average · 8 worst

Hard Mode

DRAIN 3.85 average · 8 worst

Normal Mode gains by leaving the Hard Mode lane for a stronger splitter.

Inspect this exact row

Normal Mode

COURD 4.21 average · 9 worst

Hard Mode

CLOUD 4.74 average · 11 worst

Normal Mode gains by leaving the Hard Mode lane for a stronger splitter.

Inspect this exact row

Normal Mode

ROUTH 3.07 average · 6 worst

Hard Mode

ROUTH 3.07 average · 6 worst

The same move leads both modes on this branch.

Inspect this exact row

How to use it

Treat the table as a map, not a script

The ranking minimizes the number of working-pool answers expected after turn two, then protects against the largest unhelpful feedback group. It compares 14,855 accepted guesses against 2,358 possible answers.

The overall opener rank and average-solve figure use the latest complete six-turn simulation snapshot (2,354 answers). Branch probabilities and second-guess recommendations are recalculated on the current 2,358-answer pool.

A fixed memorized reply cannot be best for every row. If your result is not one of these six, paint it in the exact explorer. Query-prefilled explorer states are deliberately noindex and keep the bare tool as their canonical URL.

Calculate another SALET branch →