5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

SATYR

SATYR is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 95.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsætə//ˈseɪtɚ//ˈsætɚ/

Noun

A sylvan deity or demigod, male companion of Pan or Dionysus, represented as part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness, sometimes pictured with a perpetual erection.

Noun

Synonym of faun.

Alternative forms: satyre, satyrus

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 SATYR performs as a guess

SATYR is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 86.9% of games, misses completely in 13.1%, and leaves about 105 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,544 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___R S in the 1st position and R in the 5th position S__Y_ S in the 1st position and Y in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

CLINE GRICE MOILE TOILE CRANE TRIBE
Words starting with S Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.25 Entropy (bits)
105 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 93% of evaluated openers
0.70 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SATYR 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,544 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SATYR ranks #1,544 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
1,011
4 guesses
1,108
5 guesses
169
6 guesses
14
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

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ARST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
37%
All gray
13%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S P I A L
S A T Y R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SATYR in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

309
165
158
129
120
107
98
93
74
72
60
57
49
49
44
34
34
32
32
30
30
30
28
27
26
25
23
21
20
19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SATYR:

13% chance
Suggested:
CLINE
7% chance
Suggested:
CLINE
7% chance
Suggested:
GRICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.1% →
CLINE 6.16 bits
7.0% →
CLINE 5.55 bits
6.7% →
GRICE 5.21 bits
5.5% →
MOILE 4.54 bits
5.1% →
TOILE 5.17 bits
4.5% →
CRANE 4.60 bits
4.2% →
CLINE 5.28 bits
3.9% →
MOILE 3.86 bits
3.1% →
TRIBE 4.68 bits
3.1% →
CLINE 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1T1Y4R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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