5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SAKES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /seɪks//sɑːkis/

Noun

plural of sake (“benefit”)

“For all our sakes, please let us pass.”

Noun

plural of sake, referring to a Japanese rice wine

“The sailor tried several different sakes before he passed out.”

Alternative forms: sakés, sakis

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 SAKES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SAKES 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 80.6% of games, misses completely in 19.4%, and leaves about 201 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,267 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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

Try next

DROIT TRINE TRAIL OLDER DEALT RAINY
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.30 Entropy (bits)
201 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SAKES 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#13,267 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SAKES ranks #13,267 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
635
4 guesses
1,337
5 guesses
314
6 guesses
29

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
40%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

62 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

458
306
220
191
167
151
103
61
53
51
49
49
47
37
32
31
29
28
25
20
19
18
17
16
16
14
13
12
12
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SAKES:

19% chance
Suggested:
DROIT
13% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.4% →
DROIT 5.62 bits
13.0% →
TRINE 5.23 bits
9.3% →
TRAIL 5.38 bits
8.1% →
OLDER 4.18 bits
7.1% →
DEALT 4.89 bits
6.4% →
RAINY 3.98 bits
4.4% →
SNOUT 4.43 bits
2.6% →
TRINE 4.16 bits
2.2% →
SLART 3.84 bits
2.2% →
FIRST 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1K5E1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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