5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SATAY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsæt.eɪ//ˈsɑː.teɪ//sæˈteɪ/

Noun

A dish made from small pieces of meat or fish grilled on a skewer and served with a spicy peanut sauce, originating from Indonesia and Malaysia.

Alternative forms: satai, saté, sate, sateh

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 SATAY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SATAY 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 76.3% of games, misses completely in 23.7%, and leaves about 207 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,300 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___Y S in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position S__A_ S in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE TRINE LEARN DROLE CLINE ROULE
Words starting with S Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.52 Entropy (bits)
207 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 53% of evaluated openers
1.42 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SATAY 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
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,300 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SATAY ranks #8,300 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
831
4 guesses
1,220
5 guesses
237
6 guesses
20
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:
AST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
46%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

560
204
197
159
140
101
86
72
70
66
49
47
43
42
35
34
28
27
23
21
21
20
20
20
18
18
15
14
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SATAY:

24% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
8% chance
Suggested:
LEARN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.7% →
RIONE 6.07 bits
8.7% →
TRINE 5.55 bits
8.4% →
LEARN 5.10 bits
6.7% →
DROLE 4.84 bits
5.9% →
CLINE 5.08 bits
4.3% →
CLINE 4.58 bits
3.6% →
ROULE 5.07 bits
3.1% →
CLEAR 4.62 bits
3.0% →
ROUET 4.21 bits
2.8% →
LEANT 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1T1A1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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