5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SANKO

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

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 SANKO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SANKO 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 81.6% of games, misses completely in 18.4%, and leaves about 166 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,321 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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__K_ S in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _A__O A in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

TRIED TRODE DEALT TRICE TRIPE TRIDE
Words starting with S Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.75 Entropy (bits)
166 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SANKO 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#4,321 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SANKO ranks #4,321 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
911
4 guesses
1,194
5 guesses
186
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ANOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
35%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

435
243
239
151
100
96
81
78
73
71
56
51
48
48
47
32
31
27
26
23
23
18
17
17
17
16
15
14
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SANKO:

18% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
10% chance
Suggested:
TRODE
10% chance
Suggested:
DEALT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.4% →
TRIED 6.05 bits
10.3% →
TRODE 5.16 bits
10.1% →
DEALT 5.55 bits
6.4% →
TRICE 4.63 bits
4.2% →
TRIPE 4.99 bits
4.1% →
TRIDE 5.25 bits
3.4% →
TRUSS 5.01 bits
3.3% →
DRICE 4.36 bits
3.1% →
PLATE 4.37 bits
3.0% →
MOLAR 4.25 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1N1K5O1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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