5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SABOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of sabo

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 SABOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SABOS 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 76.8% of games, misses completely in 23.2%, and leaves about 242 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,761 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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___S S in the 1st position and S in the 5th position S__O_ S in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE LEARN TRONE LEANT TUILE MORAL
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.14 Entropy (bits)
242 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 29% of evaluated openers
1.81 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SABOS 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,761 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SABOS ranks #11,761 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
717
4 guesses
1,268
5 guesses
294
6 guesses
27
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
35%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

548
299
287
189
153
100
72
72
72
59
55
41
35
34
32
27
17
17
17
16
15
14
12
11
11
10
9
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SABOS:

23% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
13% chance
Suggested:
LEARN
12% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.2% →
TRINE 6.00 bits
12.7% →
LEARN 5.44 bits
12.2% →
TRONE 5.13 bits
8.0% →
TRINE 4.73 bits
6.5% →
TRINE 5.06 bits
4.2% →
LEANT 4.38 bits
3.1% →
TUILE 4.93 bits
3.1% →
MORAL 4.37 bits
3.1% →
HEIST 5.04 bits
2.5% →
RONTE 4.20 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1B3O1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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