5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SARDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /sɑɹdz//sɑːdz/

Noun

plural of sard

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of sard

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 SARDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SARDS 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 79.7% of games, misses completely in 20.3%, and leaves about 192 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,580 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___S S in the 1st position and S in the 5th position S__D_ S in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE CLONE CONTE TRACE TUILE HOISE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.43 Entropy (bits)
192 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 47% of evaluated openers
1.52 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SARDS 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#8,580 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SARDS ranks #8,580 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
835
4 guesses
1,226
5 guesses
244
6 guesses
13
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
1 vowels
Common:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
36%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

479
263
216
157
142
129
115
74
70
65
61
50
38
37
36
34
33
27
26
26
24
20
16
14
14
12
11
11
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SARDS:

20% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
9% chance
Suggested:
CLONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.3% →
TOILE 6.09 bits
11.2% →
TOILE 5.19 bits
9.2% →
CLONE 5.54 bits
6.7% →
TOILE 5.04 bits
6.0% →
CONTE 4.79 bits
5.5% →
TRACE 4.85 bits
4.9% →
TUILE 5.21 bits
3.1% →
HOISE 4.93 bits
3.0% →
CONTE 4.64 bits
2.8% →
LEANT 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1R1D2S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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