5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SALMI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A rich stew or ragout, especially of game.

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 SALMI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SALMI 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 83.9% of games, misses completely in 16.1%, and leaves about 143 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,717 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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 5th position S__M_ S in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _A__I A in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE TRADE ROUET RONTE TONER REACT
Words starting with S Words ending with I

First-turn measures

4.90 Entropy (bits)
143 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 78% of evaluated openers
1.05 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SALMI 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,717 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SALMI ranks #1,717 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
985
4 guesses
1,127
5 guesses
168
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)
84%
Green tile
34%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

380
248
192
132
123
113
105
87
74
65
58
54
43
39
38
37
29
29
29
27
26
23
21
20
19
19
19
16
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SALMI:

16% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRADE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.1% →
TRONE 6.05 bits
10.5% →
TRONE 5.50 bits
8.1% →
TRADE 5.60 bits
5.6% →
ROUET 5.01 bits
5.2% →
RONTE 4.81 bits
4.8% →
TONER 5.16 bits
4.5% →
REACT 4.77 bits
3.7% →
RUOTE 5.35 bits
3.1% →
DRICE 4.33 bits
2.8% →
PEART 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1L1M3I1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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