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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess F tier opener

SALSA

Yes, SALSA was the Wordle answer on February 15, 2023 (Wordle #606).

As an opener, it rules out about 86.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsɑl.sə//ˈsæl.sə/

Noun

A spicy tomato sauce of Mexican origin, often including onions and hot peppers.

Noun

A style of urban music originally from New York heavily influenced by Cuban dance music, jazz and rock.

Verb

To dance the salsa.

“They salsaed late until the night.”

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: February 15, 2023 (#606).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How SALSA performs as a guess

SALSA is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 68.4% of games, misses completely in 31.6%, and leaves about 322 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,708 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___A S in the 1st position and A in the 5th position S__S_ S in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE NOIRE TRADE TONER RONTE TRACE
Words starting with S Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.87 Entropy (bits)
322 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
86.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 17% of evaluated openers
2.08 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SALSA 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
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,708 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SALSA ranks #12,708 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
684
4 guesses
1,272
5 guesses
326
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
39%
All gray
32%

Example solver route

R O A T E
N A S A L
B A L S A
S A L S A

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SALSA in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

744
230
220
178
171
140
78
69
57
55
47
38
27
26
22
16
15
15
15
14
13
10
10
9
8
8
8
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SALSA:

32% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
10% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRADE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.6% →
TRONE 6.09 bits
9.8% →
NOIRE 5.02 bits
9.3% →
TRADE 5.51 bits
7.5% →
TONER 5.10 bits
7.3% →
RONTE 4.89 bits
5.9% →
TRACE 4.50 bits
3.3% →
PEART 4.53 bits
2.9% →
RUOTE 4.96 bits
2.4% →
TOILE 4.37 bits
2.3% →
RUOTE 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1L1S1A1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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