5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SAMMY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsæmi/

Verb

To moisten (animal skins) with water.

Noun

A machine for moistening animal skins with water.

Noun

Alternative form of sammie.

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 SAMMY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SAMMY 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 70.3% of games, misses completely in 29.7%, and leaves about 312 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,653 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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___Y S in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position S__M_ S in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE ALERT DROLE RONTE RUOTE LEANT
Words starting with S Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.91 Entropy (bits)
312 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 19% of evaluated openers
2.04 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SAMMY 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,653 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SAMMY ranks #11,653 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
731
4 guesses
1,254
5 guesses
307
6 guesses
19
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:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
42%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

701
350
192
161
145
119
86
54
52
50
32
31
27
26
25
25
24
23
23
13
13
13
13
10
10
9
9
8
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SAMMY:

30% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
15% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
8% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.7% →
TRINE 6.22 bits
14.8% →
ALERT 5.56 bits
8.1% →
TRINE 5.20 bits
6.8% →
DROLE 4.81 bits
6.1% →
RONTE 4.85 bits
5.0% →
RUOTE 5.50 bits
3.6% →
LEANT 4.58 bits
2.3% →
RONTE 4.88 bits
2.2% →
TRIDE 3.40 bits
2.1% →
THALE 4.39 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1M3M3Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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