5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SANTO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A wooden or ivory statue of a saint, angel or other religious figure, found in Spain and former Spanish colonies.

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 SANTO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SANTO 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 86.4% of games, misses completely in 13.6%, and leaves about 108 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #251 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.57 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__T_ S in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _A__O A in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

PLIER BLARE DROLE TRIED MARLE SLIER
Words starting with S Words ending with O

First-turn measures

5.32 Entropy (bits)
108 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 95% of evaluated openers
0.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SANTO 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.

3.57 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#251 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SANTO ranks #251 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
76
3 guesses
1,024
4 guesses
1,101
5 guesses
133
6 guesses
17
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:
ANOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
37%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

117 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

321
189
187
112
108
82
81
70
62
56
56
56
53
53
50
39
38
35
35
33
31
29
29
27
26
23
20
20
18
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SANTO:

14% chance
Suggested:
PLIER
8% chance
Suggested:
BLARE
8% chance
Suggested:
DROLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.6% →
PLIER 5.90 bits
8.0% →
BLARE 5.40 bits
7.9% →
DROLE 5.26 bits
4.7% →
TRIED 5.43 bits
4.6% →
MARLE 4.38 bits
3.5% →
SLIER 4.70 bits
3.4% →
DRICE 4.84 bits
3.0% →
DROLE 4.39 bits
2.6% →
ALERT 4.84 bits
2.4% →
MOLAR 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1N1T1O1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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