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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

SALTY

Yes, SALTY was the Wordle answer on December 31, 2023 (Wordle #925).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsɒlti//ˈsɔːlti//ˈsɔlti/

Adjective

Tasting of salt.

Adjective

Containing 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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: December 31, 2023 (#925).

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

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How SALTY performs as a guess

SALTY 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 84.0% of games, misses completely in 16.0%, and leaves about 127 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #486 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

S___Y S in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position S__T_ S in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE CRONE ROUET NOIRE DRONE CLINE
Words starting with S Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

5.17 Entropy (bits)
127 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 91% of evaluated openers
0.78 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SALTY 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#486 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SALTY ranks #486 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
1,026
4 guesses
1,079
5 guesses
160
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

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ALST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
44%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S N I P Y
S A L T Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SALTY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

123 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

377
173
170
157
113
110
105
87
69
58
51
48
41
41
39
33
32
31
30
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28
26
26
25
21
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15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SALTY:

16% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
7% chance
Suggested:
CRONE
7% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.0% →
RIONE 6.13 bits
7.3% →
CRONE 5.56 bits
7.2% →
ROUET 5.55 bits
6.7% →
NOIRE 4.99 bits
4.8% →
DRONE 4.80 bits
4.7% →
CLINE 4.62 bits
4.5% →
CRINE 5.15 bits
3.7% →
MORNE 4.87 bits
2.9% →
RIONE 5.00 bits
2.5% →
TRACE 4.71 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1L1T1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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