5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SALIC

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /seɪlɪk//sælɪk/

Adjective

Synonym of Salian, particularly in reference to the Salic law.

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 SALIC performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SALIC 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 84.9% of games, misses completely in 15.1%, and leaves about 120 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #435 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 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___C S in the 1st position and C in the 5th position S__I_ S in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _A__C A in the 2nd position and C in the 5th position

Try next

TONER TRONE TRODE ROUET PEART RUOTE
Words starting with S Words ending with C

First-turn measures

5.14 Entropy (bits)
120 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 90% of evaluated openers
0.80 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SALIC 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#435 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SALIC ranks #435 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
1,061
4 guesses
1,055
5 guesses
164
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:
AILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
36%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

356
183
167
117
116
103
103
101
84
64
55
54
47
45
40
37
37
35
33
31
30
27
24
21
21
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18
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16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SALIC:

15% chance
Suggested:
TONER
8% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
7% chance
Suggested:
TRODE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.1% →
TONER 6.04 bits
7.8% →
TRONE 5.43 bits
7.1% →
TRODE 5.62 bits
5.0% →
ROUET 5.05 bits
4.9% →
TONER 4.76 bits
4.4% →
PEART 4.78 bits
4.4% →
TONER 5.14 bits
4.3% →
TRONE 5.39 bits
3.6% →
RUOTE 5.30 bits
2.7% →
PEART 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1L1I1C3
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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