5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SAUGH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A small burn or creek.

Noun

willow

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 SAUGH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SAUGH 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 78.4% of games, misses completely in 21.6%, and leaves about 196 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,732 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___H S in the 1st position and H in the 5th position S__G_ S in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _A__H A in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

LINER ALERT RONTE TRIPE TRIDE TRONE
Words starting with S Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.64 Entropy (bits)
196 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SAUGH 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,732 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SAUGH ranks #5,732 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
907
4 guesses
1,151
5 guesses
223
6 guesses
20

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ASU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
39%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

510
305
165
144
131
78
77
75
73
60
52
51
36
34
32
31
29
28
28
20
20
19
19
19
19
18
13
12
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SAUGH:

22% chance
Suggested:
LINER
13% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
7% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.6% →
LINER 5.85 bits
12.9% →
ALERT 5.49 bits
7.0% →
RONTE 4.78 bits
6.1% →
TRIPE 5.11 bits
5.6% →
TRIDE 4.87 bits
3.3% →
TRONE 5.21 bits
3.3% →
TRICE 5.24 bits
3.2% →
LEANT 4.48 bits
3.1% →
TRONE 5.14 bits
2.5% →
TROPE 4.70 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1U1G2H4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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