5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SAKIA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A water wheel, traditionally drawn by a draft animal, but now with a motor. It is about 2-5 meters in diameter.

Alternative forms: sakieh, sakiyeh, saqiya

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 SAKIA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SAKIA 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 75.1% of games, misses completely in 24.9%, and leaves about 251 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,917 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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___A S in the 1st position and A in the 5th position S__I_ S in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

ROUET TRINE ALERT TONER ROUTE CLOTE
Words starting with S Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.12 Entropy (bits)
251 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 28% of evaluated openers
1.83 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SAKIA 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#11,917 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SAKIA ranks #11,917 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
751
4 guesses
1,209
5 guesses
328
6 guesses
24
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
3 vowels
Common:
AIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
36%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

588
287
268
179
137
109
80
79
54
47
47
38
37
36
30
27
25
23
22
21
18
18
16
15
14
14
11
10
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SAKIA:

25% chance
Suggested:
ROUET
12% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
11% chance
Suggested:
ALERT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.9% →
ROUET 5.94 bits
12.2% →
TRINE 5.34 bits
11.4% →
ALERT 5.47 bits
7.6% →
TONER 4.74 bits
5.8% →
TONER 5.10 bits
4.6% →
ROUTE 5.39 bits
3.4% →
CLOTE 4.75 bits
3.4% →
THALE 4.51 bits
2.3% →
TRINE 4.01 bits
2.0% →
CLONE 4.84 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1K5I1A1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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