5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SADES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of sade

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of sade

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 SADES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SADES 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 82.8% of games, misses completely in 17.2%, and leaves about 163 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,762 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position SA_ES S in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

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COUNT TRINE TRAIL TONER GLARE CARAT
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.60 Entropy (bits)
163 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 59% of evaluated openers
1.35 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SADES 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,762 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SADES ranks #10,762 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
728
4 guesses
1,287
5 guesses
264
6 guesses
22
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:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
41%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

406
252
204
154
146
134
123
87
62
61
56
55
50
49
36
35
34
34
29
29
26
19
18
17
17
16
15
14
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SADES:

17% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
11% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.2% →
COUNT 5.83 bits
10.7% →
TRINE 5.24 bits
8.7% →
TRAIL 5.24 bits
6.5% →
TONER 4.27 bits
6.2% →
GLARE 4.71 bits
5.7% →
CARAT 4.09 bits
5.2% →
SNOUT 4.28 bits
3.7% →
ROUND 4.92 bits
2.6% →
TRIPE 4.31 bits
2.6% →
SCANT 3.82 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1D2E1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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