5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SAKIS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of saki

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 SAKIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SAKIS 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 264 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,578 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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__I_ S in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROUET ALERT TRINE RONTE TONER ROUTE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.01 Entropy (bits)
264 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 23% of evaluated openers
1.94 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SAKIS 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,578 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SAKIS ranks #12,578 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
28
3 guesses
736
4 guesses
1,225
5 guesses
335
6 guesses
26
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)
75%
Green tile
35%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

61 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

588
318
287
199
133
82
80
75
51
47
46
43
40
36
30
28
23
22
21
20
19
16
14
12
11
10
10
7
6
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SAKIS:

25% chance
Suggested:
ROUET
13% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
12% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.9% →
ROUET 5.94 bits
13.5% →
ALERT 5.59 bits
12.2% →
TRINE 5.34 bits
8.4% →
RONTE 4.72 bits
5.6% →
TONER 5.09 bits
3.5% →
ROUTE 5.31 bits
3.4% →
CLOTE 4.75 bits
3.2% →
PLATE 4.48 bits
2.2% →
CLINE 4.15 bits
2.0% →
CLONE 4.84 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1K5I1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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