5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SARAN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A plastic resin used to make packaging films.

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 SARAN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SARAN 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 82.3% of games, misses completely in 17.7%, and leaves about 154 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,862 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___N S in the 1st position and N in the 5th position S__A_ S in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__N A in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE CLOTE BLITE TRACE THOSE TRIDE
Words starting with S Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.86 Entropy (bits)
154 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 76% of evaluated openers
1.08 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SARAN 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#4,862 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SARAN ranks #4,862 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
919
4 guesses
1,137
5 guesses
222
6 guesses
15
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
2 vowels
Common:
ANRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
40%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

418
268
166
127
125
98
97
91
67
51
51
47
46
46
45
38
36
36
33
33
30
25
23
20
15
15
14
14
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SARAN:

18% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
7% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.7% →
TOILE 6.10 bits
11.4% →
TOILE 5.19 bits
7.0% →
TOILE 5.28 bits
5.4% →
TOILE 5.17 bits
5.3% →
CLOTE 5.27 bits
4.2% →
BLITE 4.72 bits
4.1% →
TRACE 4.65 bits
3.9% →
THOSE 4.88 bits
2.8% →
CLOTE 4.42 bits
2.2% →
TRIDE 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1R1A1N1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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