5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SAMFU

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A type of suit worn in China, consisting of a shirt with a high neckline bound down the middle with tassels, and trousers

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 SAMFU performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SAMFU 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 75.7% of games, misses completely in 24.3%, and leaves about 241 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,701 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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___U S in the 1st position and U in the 5th position S__F_ S in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _A__U A in the 2nd position and U in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE LEARN CRONE RONTE TRINE THALE
Words starting with S Words ending with U

First-turn measures

4.20 Entropy (bits)
241 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 33% of evaluated openers
1.75 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SAMFU 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,701 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SAMFU ranks #9,701 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
782
4 guesses
1,253
5 guesses
266
6 guesses
11
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:
ASU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
31%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

573
320
201
171
159
85
84
77
72
48
47
47
43
33
32
30
28
26
21
20
18
18
17
16
15
12
11
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SAMFU:

24% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
14% chance
Suggested:
LEARN
9% chance
Suggested:
CRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.3% →
TRONE 5.99 bits
13.6% →
LEARN 5.42 bits
8.5% →
CRONE 5.23 bits
7.3% →
RONTE 4.87 bits
6.7% →
TRINE 5.16 bits
3.6% →
THALE 4.43 bits
3.6% →
TROPE 5.28 bits
3.3% →
FRITE 5.13 bits
3.1% →
MOIRE 5.18 bits
2.0% →
SHUNT 3.77 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1M3F4U1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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