5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

SABLE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈseɪbəl//ˈseɪbɫ/

Noun

A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Martes zibellina, from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.

Noun

Any other marten, especially Martes americana (syn. Mustela americana).

Adjective

Sable-coloured, black.

Adjective

In blazon, of the colour black.

Alternative forms: sa., s.

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 SABLE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SABLE 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 87.0% of games, misses completely in 13.0%, and leaves about 104 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,556 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___E S in the 1st position and E in the 5th position S__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TENOR TRAIN GRICE CARAT SNORT
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.41 Entropy (bits)
104 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 97% of evaluated openers
0.54 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SABLE 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,556 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SABLE ranks #1,556 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
90
3 guesses
927
4 guesses
1,159
5 guesses
162
6 guesses
15
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:
AELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
46%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

121 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

307
223
127
122
112
99
82
80
65
63
60
52
45
42
41
39
39
39
36
34
30
23
21
21
20
19
19
18
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SABLE:

13% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
9% chance
Suggested:
TENOR
5% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.0% →
COUNT 5.81 bits
9.5% →
TENOR 5.21 bits
5.4% →
TRAIN 5.32 bits
5.2% →
GRICE 4.41 bits
4.7% →
CARAT 4.07 bits
4.2% →
SNORT 4.47 bits
3.5% →
LOGIC 4.61 bits
3.4% →
CORAL 4.32 bits
2.8% →
REVEL 4.22 bits
2.7% →
MOIST 4.84 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1B3L1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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