5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

SAFER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

comparative form of safe: more safe

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 SAFER performs as a guess

SAFER 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 87.4% of games, misses completely in 12.6%, and leaves about 102 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,810 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___R S in the 1st position and R in the 5th position S__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position SA_ER S in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and R in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TOILE DROIT PLAIT DEALT CANDY
Words starting with S Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.29 Entropy (bits)
102 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 95% of evaluated openers
0.65 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SAFER 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,810 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SAFER ranks #3,810 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
892
4 guesses
1,185
5 guesses
188
6 guesses
14
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:
AERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
41%
All gray
13%

Example solver route

R O A T E
G L E A M
P E I S Y
S A F E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SAFER in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

297
183
132
125
108
102
100
99
81
76
72
61
53
49
47
39
37
33
29
28
28
27
26
25
23
21
21
19
19
19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SAFER:

13% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
8% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
6% chance
Suggested:
DROIT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.6% →
COUNT 5.66 bits
7.8% →
TOILE 5.29 bits
5.6% →
DROIT 4.80 bits
5.3% →
PLAIT 5.04 bits
4.6% →
DEALT 4.82 bits
4.3% →
CANDY 3.97 bits
4.2% →
PORTE 4.24 bits
4.2% →
STINK 4.42 bits
3.4% →
TRAIN 4.12 bits
3.2% →
TOILE 3.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1F4E1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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