5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SANGO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsæŋəʊ/

Noun

A rudimentary wooden bridge in India.

Noun

A sandwich.

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 SANGO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SANGO 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 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 148 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,413 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___O S in the 1st position and O in the 5th position S__G_ S in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _A__O A in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

TRIED TRACE TRODE TRICE TRIPE INTER
Words starting with S Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.90 Entropy (bits)
148 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 78% of evaluated openers
1.05 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SANGO 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#2,413 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SANGO ranks #2,413 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
931
4 guesses
1,178
5 guesses
167
6 guesses
10
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:
ANOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
36%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

402
236
217
135
113
84
84
82
72
71
57
50
47
45
45
43
31
31
28
28
26
24
23
21
21
19
18
18
17
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SANGO:

17% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
10% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRODE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
TRIED 6.01 bits
10.0% →
TRACE 5.55 bits
9.2% →
TRODE 5.15 bits
5.7% →
TRICE 4.70 bits
4.8% →
TRIPE 4.97 bits
3.6% →
INTER 5.20 bits
3.6% →
THALE 4.35 bits
3.5% →
CRUET 5.13 bits
3.1% →
FLORA 4.31 bits
3.0% →
DROLE 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1N1G2O1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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