5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

SALUE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To greet; to salute.

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 SALUE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SALUE 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 90.4% of games, misses completely in 9.6%, and leaves about 86 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,084 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___E S in the 1st position and E in the 5th position S__U_ S in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

THORN TENOR TRAIN RONTE BURNT POIRE
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.57 Entropy (bits)
86 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.3% Avg ruled out
In the top 1% for first-turn entropy
0.38 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SALUE 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#2,084 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SALUE ranks #2,084 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
84
3 guesses
942
4 guesses
1,127
5 guesses
182
6 guesses
18
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
3 vowels
Common:
AELSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
46%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

121 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

226
221
129
117
116
98
79
74
74
68
66
47
46
40
38
37
37
36
35
31
28
26
25
24
23
22
22
21
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20

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SALUE:

10% chance
Suggested:
THORN
9% chance
Suggested:
TENOR
5% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.6% →
THORN 5.61 bits
9.4% →
TENOR 5.20 bits
5.5% →
TRAIN 5.32 bits
5.0% →
RONTE 4.09 bits
4.9% →
BURNT 4.65 bits
4.2% →
POIRE 4.32 bits
3.4% →
GIRLY 4.45 bits
3.1% →
TREAD 4.70 bits
3.1% →
FLAIL 4.10 bits
2.9% →
BETEL 4.25 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1L1U1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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