5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SASSE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A sluice or lock, as in a river or canal, to make it more navigable.

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 SASSE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SASSE 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 78.5% of games, misses completely in 21.5%, and leaves about 234 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,464 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.95 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___E S in the 1st position and E in the 5th position S__S_ S in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TENOR TRAIL GOIER RAINY SNOUT
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.04 Entropy (bits)
234 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SASSE 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.

3.95 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,464 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SASSE ranks #14,464 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
545
4 guesses
1,313
5 guesses
404
6 guesses
49

Composition

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
47%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

57 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

507
345
248
179
161
132
122
76
67
53
53
48
36
35
32
25
22
20
18
16
14
13
12
12
11
8
8
7
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SASSE:

21% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
15% chance
Suggested:
TENOR
11% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.5% →
COUNT 5.69 bits
14.6% →
TENOR 5.06 bits
10.5% →
TRAIL 5.28 bits
7.6% →
GOIER 4.27 bits
6.8% →
RAINY 3.94 bits
5.6% →
SNOUT 4.30 bits
5.2% →
RENAL 4.76 bits
3.2% →
GLARE 3.63 bits
2.8% →
SCANT 3.78 bits
2.2% →
LATER 3.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1S1S1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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