5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

SANDY

Yes, SANDY has been the Wordle answer on October 27, 2024 (Wordle #1226) and April 4, 2026 (Wordle #1750).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsændi/

Adjective

Covered with sand.

Adjective

Sprinkled with sand.

Noun

A sandwich

Noun

Ellipsis of pecan sandy.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used 2 times

Past Wordle answer: October 27, 2024 (#1226); April 4, 2026 (#1750).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How SANDY performs as a guess

SANDY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 80.7% of games, misses completely in 19.3%, and leaves about 164 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,946 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___Y S in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position S__D_ S in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRICE ALERT PORTE GOIER CLOTE PROLE
Words starting with S Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.79 Entropy (bits)
164 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 71% of evaluated openers
1.16 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SANDY 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
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#1,946 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SANDY ranks #1,946 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
950
4 guesses
1,181
5 guesses
149
6 guesses
12
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
1 vowels
Common:
ANS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
44%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

R O A T E
N A S A L
P A N S Y
S A N D Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SANDY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

454
246
143
134
119
112
111
110
76
68
55
54
50
48
34
33
29
26
25
25
23
18
18
17
17
17
16
15
14
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SANDY:

19% chance
Suggested:
TRICE
10% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
6% chance
Suggested:
PORTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.3% →
TRICE 6.23 bits
10.4% →
ALERT 5.57 bits
6.1% →
PORTE 5.15 bits
5.7% →
GOIER 5.53 bits
5.0% →
CLOTE 4.78 bits
4.7% →
PROLE 4.67 bits
4.7% →
DROLE 5.29 bits
4.7% →
ROUET 5.46 bits
3.2% →
PLATE 4.46 bits
2.9% →
GRICE 4.80 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1N1D2Y4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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