5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

SADLY

SADLY is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsædli/

Adverb

In a sad manner; sorrowfully.

““Only when we climb up can we see it,” he said sadly.”

Adverb

Unfortunately, sad to say.

“If you think you’re getting out of this place alive, you are sadly mistaken, my friend.”

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 SADLY performs as a guess

SADLY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 80.6% of games, misses completely in 19.4%, and leaves about 158 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,489 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___Y S in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position S__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE TRACE TRINE RIONE CRONE CONTE
Words starting with S Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.88 Entropy (bits)
158 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 77% of evaluated openers
1.06 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SADLY 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
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,489 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SADLY ranks #1,489 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
995
4 guesses
1,118
5 guesses
172
6 guesses
10
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
1 vowels
Common:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
44%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

R O A T E
N A S A L
P A L S Y
S A D L Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SADLY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

458
187
152
151
121
120
106
102
99
70
51
40
37
35
33
29
28
27
27
25
23
20
18
18
17
17
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15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SADLY:

19% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
6% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.4% →
TRONE 6.27 bits
7.9% →
TRACE 5.71 bits
6.4% →
TRINE 5.23 bits
6.4% →
RIONE 4.94 bits
5.1% →
CRONE 4.54 bits
5.1% →
CONTE 4.89 bits
4.5% →
RUOTE 5.49 bits
4.3% →
RIONE 4.63 bits
4.2% →
TRINE 5.39 bits
3.0% →
PEART 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1D2L1Y4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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