5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SAUNT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 SAUNT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SAUNT 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 83.7% of games, misses completely in 16.3%, and leaves about 124 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #132 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.56 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__N_ S in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _A__T A in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

DROLE LINER COREY TRITE PLORE POIRE
Words starting with S Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.30 Entropy (bits)
124 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 95% of evaluated openers
0.65 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SAUNT 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.

3.56 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#132 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SAUNT ranks #132 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
1,067
4 guesses
1,050
5 guesses
139
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ANSTU

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

127 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

384
224
119
118
116
101
90
55
51
51
51
51
50
43
43
41
38
34
31
30
27
27
26
24
24
21
20
20
18
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SAUNT:

16% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
9% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
5% chance
Suggested:
LINER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.3% →
DROLE 6.13 bits
9.5% →
DROLE 5.47 bits
5.0% →
LINER 5.04 bits
5.0% →
COREY 4.58 bits
4.9% →
TRITE 5.30 bits
4.3% →
DROLE 4.56 bits
3.8% →
PLORE 5.05 bits
2.3% →
POIRE 4.80 bits
2.2% →
GOIER 4.63 bits
2.2% →
TIARE 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1U1N1T1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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