5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SANDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of sand

Noun

sand grains, especially in reference to the contents of an hourglass, from which

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of sand

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 SANDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SANDS 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 75.4% of games, misses completely in 24.6%, and leaves about 233 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,997 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___S S in the 1st position and S in the 5th position S__D_ S in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE ALERT CLOTE PORTE DROLE RUOTE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.22 Entropy (bits)
233 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 34% of evaluated openers
1.73 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SANDS 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#8,997 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SANDS ranks #8,997 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
801
4 guesses
1,274
5 guesses
222
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:
ANS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
36%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

581
274
161
160
157
138
105
77
73
71
60
52
42
36
34
32
28
25
17
17
14
13
13
12
12
11
11
10
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SANDS:

25% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
12% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
7% chance
Suggested:
CLOTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.6% →
TOILE 6.01 bits
11.6% →
ALERT 5.53 bits
6.8% →
CLOTE 4.69 bits
6.8% →
TOILE 5.49 bits
6.7% →
PORTE 5.21 bits
5.9% →
DROLE 5.35 bits
4.5% →
RUOTE 5.36 bits
3.3% →
REACT 4.50 bits
3.1% →
GRICE 4.82 bits
3.0% →
COURE 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1N1D2S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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