5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SALIX

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈseɪlɪks//ˈsælɪks/

Noun

Any member of the genus Salix; a willow.

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 SALIX performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SALIX 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 80.9% of games, misses completely in 19.1%, and leaves about 175 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,324 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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__I_ S in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _A__X A in the 2nd position and X in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE TRACE TONER ROUET REACT RUOTE
Words starting with S Words ending with X

First-turn measures

4.56 Entropy (bits)
175 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 56% of evaluated openers
1.39 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SALIX 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,324 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SALIX ranks #8,324 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
835
4 guesses
1,203
5 guesses
252
6 guesses
17
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)
81%
Green tile
37%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

451
224
217
156
144
124
123
96
78
63
54
48
43
41
39
34
32
26
22
22
21
17
17
16
16
16
16
15
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SALIX:

19% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRACE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.1% →
TRONE 6.03 bits
9.5% →
TRONE 5.40 bits
9.2% →
TRACE 5.59 bits
6.6% →
TONER 4.80 bits
6.1% →
ROUET 5.05 bits
5.3% →
TONER 5.12 bits
5.2% →
REACT 4.67 bits
4.1% →
RUOTE 5.28 bits
3.3% →
PEART 4.47 bits
2.7% →
GRICE 4.04 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1L1I1X8
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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