5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SAULT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsɔːlt//suː/

Noun

A waterfall; a rapid.

Noun

Assault.

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.

Why this solver ranks SAULT highly

This solver ranks SAULT highly because it separates the possible answers well, even though it is not itself a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 84.3% of games, misses completely in 15.7%, and leaves about 116 possible answers on average.

In the current bounded six-turn policy, it ranks #46 of 182 evaluated openers; exact misses rank first, then average guesses among wins.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.53 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___T S in the 1st position and T in the 5th position S__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _A__T A in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

DRONE NOIRE THEIR MORNE CRANE CRIME
Words starting with S Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.38 Entropy (bits)
116 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 97% of evaluated openers
0.56 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SAULT 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.

3.53 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#12 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SAULT ranks #12 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
79
3 guesses
1,111
4 guesses
1,013
5 guesses
135
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
2 vowels
Common:
ALSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
44%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

133 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

370
179
130
123
120
106
100
93
54
53
52
48
41
40
35
31
31
30
28
27
25
24
24
21
21
20
17
17
17
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SAULT:

16% chance
Suggested:
DRONE
8% chance
Suggested:
DRONE
6% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.7% →
DRONE 6.14 bits
7.6% →
DRONE 5.63 bits
5.5% →
NOIRE 5.04 bits
5.2% →
THEIR 5.34 bits
5.1% →
MORNE 4.84 bits
4.5% →
CRANE 4.55 bits
4.2% →
CRIME 4.62 bits
3.9% →
PRONE 5.00 bits
2.3% →
PRONE 4.83 bits
2.2% →
DILLY 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1U1L1T1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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