5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SALTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of salt

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of salt

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 SALTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SALTS 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 78.6% of games, misses completely in 21.4%, and leaves about 185 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,014 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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__T_ S in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE DRONE GOIER ROUET MORNE CRANE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.61 Entropy (bits)
185 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 59% of evaluated openers
1.34 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SALTS 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,014 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SALTS ranks #5,014 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
903
4 guesses
1,184
5 guesses
199
6 guesses
15
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:
ALST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
37%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

505
194
192
180
127
119
114
65
61
59
54
51
49
49
39
37
35
32
32
26
23
17
17
15
13
12
12
11
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SALTS:

21% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
8% chance
Suggested:
DRONE
8% chance
Suggested:
GOIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.4% →
RIONE 6.12 bits
8.2% →
DRONE 5.60 bits
8.1% →
GOIER 5.11 bits
7.6% →
ROUET 5.49 bits
5.4% →
MORNE 4.82 bits
5.0% →
CRANE 4.57 bits
4.8% →
PRONE 5.06 bits
2.8% →
POIRE 4.89 bits
2.6% →
TRACE 4.74 bits
2.5% →
RIONE 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1L1T1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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