5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SAIMS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 SAIMS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SAIMS 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 77.1% of games, misses completely in 22.9%, and leaves about 228 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,946 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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__M_ S in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE ALERT TILDE RONTE TONER LEANT
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.26 Entropy (bits)
228 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 36% of evaluated openers
1.69 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SAIMS 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,946 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SAIMS ranks #9,946 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
787
4 guesses
1,217
5 guesses
286
6 guesses
15
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:
AIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
40%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

541
313
208
175
141
138
84
80
74
55
47
39
34
33
31
26
24
23
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SAIMS:

23% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
13% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
9% chance
Suggested:
TILDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.9% →
TRONE 5.91 bits
13.3% →
ALERT 5.54 bits
8.8% →
TILDE 5.11 bits
7.4% →
RONTE 4.74 bits
6.0% →
TONER 5.04 bits
5.9% →
TRONE 4.98 bits
3.6% →
LEANT 4.46 bits
3.4% →
ROUTE 5.29 bits
3.1% →
HOMER 4.83 bits
2.3% →
TRAIL 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1I1M3S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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