5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SAMEL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Alternative form of sammel.

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 SAMEL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SAMEL 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 87.7% of games, misses completely in 12.3%, and leaves about 101 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,274 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___L S in the 1st position and L in the 5th position S__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__L A in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TRINE TRODE TRAIN COULD TRADE
Words starting with S Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.39 Entropy (bits)
101 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 97% of evaluated openers
0.56 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SAMEL 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,274 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SAMEL ranks #1,274 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
977
4 guesses
1,123
5 guesses
167
6 guesses
13
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
2 vowels
Common:
AELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
43%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

289
212
129
126
111
103
102
93
69
59
53
52
47
45
44
41
36
29
29
28
26
26
24
23
23
22
22
22
20
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SAMEL:

12% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
9% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
5% chance
Suggested:
TRODE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.3% →
COUNT 5.82 bits
9.0% →
TRINE 5.41 bits
5.5% →
TRODE 4.15 bits
5.3% →
TRAIN 5.29 bits
4.7% →
COULD 4.81 bits
4.4% →
TRADE 4.99 bits
4.3% →
RONTE 4.19 bits
3.9% →
SNOUT 4.55 bits
2.9% →
TOILE 4.36 bits
2.5% →
HOIST 4.86 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1M3E1L1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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