5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SARUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% 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 SARUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SARUS 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 81.4% of games, misses completely in 18.6%, and leaves about 183 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,688 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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__U_ S in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TRIED ALANE CLONE TRACE TONEY
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.49 Entropy (bits)
183 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 51% of evaluated openers
1.46 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SARUS 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#9,688 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SARUS ranks #9,688 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
831
4 guesses
1,187
5 guesses
271
6 guesses
27
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:
ARSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
36%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

439
262
238
161
154
141
137
68
58
57
55
51
33
31
29
28
28
26
24
24
20
18
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10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SARUS:

19% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
10% chance
Suggested:
ALANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.6% →
TOILE 6.01 bits
11.1% →
TRIED 5.23 bits
10.1% →
ALANE 5.46 bits
6.8% →
CLONE 4.85 bits
6.5% →
TRACE 4.74 bits
6.0% →
TONEY 4.62 bits
5.8% →
CLINE 5.11 bits
2.9% →
LEANT 4.40 bits
2.5% →
TONEY 3.62 bits
2.4% →
TONEY 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1R1U1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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