5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SADHU

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsɑːduː//ˈsæduː//-djuː/

Noun

An ascetic or practitioner of yoga (yogi) who has given up pursuit of the first three Hindu goals of life: kama (enjoyment), artha (practical objectives) and even dharma (duty).

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 SADHU performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SADHU 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 80.5% of games, misses completely in 19.5%, and leaves about 186 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,840 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___U S in the 1st position and U in the 5th position S__H_ S in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _A__U A in the 2nd position and U in the 5th position

Try next

NOIRE ALERT CLONE TONER TRIPE CONTE
Words starting with S Words ending with U

First-turn measures

4.49 Entropy (bits)
186 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 51% of evaluated openers
1.46 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SADHU 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#5,840 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SADHU ranks #5,840 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
876
4 guesses
1,225
5 guesses
194
6 guesses
13
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:
ASU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
32%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

460
290
181
169
139
122
121
79
72
61
44
41
39
38
36
35
32
32
31
31
24
22
16
16
15
14
14
13
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SADHU:

20% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE
12% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
8% chance
Suggested:
CLONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.5% →
NOIRE 5.88 bits
12.3% →
ALERT 5.50 bits
7.7% →
CLONE 5.02 bits
7.2% →
TONER 4.82 bits
5.9% →
TRIPE 5.13 bits
5.2% →
CONTE 5.50 bits
5.1% →
DINER 5.41 bits
3.4% →
TROPE 5.30 bits
3.1% →
PLATE 4.43 bits
2.6% →
BRINE 4.87 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1D2H4U1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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