5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SABIR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /sɑˈbɪɹ//sɑˈbɪɚ//sɑˈbɪə/

Noun

a lingua franca

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 SABIR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SABIR 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 87.6% of games, misses completely in 12.4%, and leaves about 111 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,157 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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___R S in the 1st position and R in the 5th position S__I_ S in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

CLOTE LITHE CONTE TRACE ROUET THALE
Words starting with S Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.17 Entropy (bits)
111 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 91% of evaluated openers
0.78 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SABIR 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,157 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SABIR ranks #1,157 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
1,016
4 guesses
1,074
5 guesses
186
6 guesses
12
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
2 vowels
Common:
AIRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
41%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

109 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

293
181
178
172
117
117
112
78
71
63
63
59
54
54
36
35
35
33
33
32
32
26
23
23
22
22
22
18
17
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SABIR:

12% chance
Suggested:
CLOTE
8% chance
Suggested:
LITHE
8% chance
Suggested:
CLOTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.4% →
CLOTE 5.77 bits
7.7% →
LITHE 5.13 bits
7.5% →
CLOTE 5.50 bits
7.3% →
CONTE 5.22 bits
5.0% →
TRACE 4.82 bits
5.0% →
CONTE 4.63 bits
4.7% →
CLOTE 4.74 bits
3.3% →
ROUET 3.94 bits
3.0% →
THALE 4.42 bits
2.7% →
TROPE 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1B3I1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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