5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SALPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of salp

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 SALPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SALPS 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 73.5% of games, misses completely in 26.5%, and leaves about 250 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,987 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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__P_ S in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONER TRONE NOIRE RONTE TIARE RIONE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.25 Entropy (bits)
250 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 35% of evaluated openers
1.70 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SALPS 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,987 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SALPS ranks #7,987 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
821
4 guesses
1,226
5 guesses
237
6 guesses
16
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
1 vowels
Common:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
35%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

626
245
203
164
135
130
95
94
62
53
42
40
34
33
23
23
22
21
21
20
18
17
17
17
13
13
11
11
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SALPS:

27% chance
Suggested:
TONER
10% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
9% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.5% →
TONER 6.14 bits
10.4% →
TRONE 5.57 bits
8.6% →
NOIRE 5.04 bits
7.0% →
RONTE 4.89 bits
5.7% →
RONTE 5.14 bits
5.5% →
TIARE 4.61 bits
4.0% →
RIONE 5.24 bits
4.0% →
RUOTE 5.41 bits
2.6% →
REACT 4.41 bits
2.2% →
TOILE 4.28 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1L1P3S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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