5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SAURY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsɔː.ɹi/

Noun

A marine epipelagic fish of the family Scomberesocidae, with beaklike jaws and a row of small finlets behind the dorsal and anal fins.

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 SAURY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SAURY 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 86.6% of games, misses completely in 13.4%, and leaves about 125 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,029 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__R_ S in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE CLONE CLINE DRICE DROLE CONTE
Words starting with S Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

5.09 Entropy (bits)
125 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 87% of evaluated openers
0.86 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SAURY 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#4,029 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SAURY ranks #4,029 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
946
4 guesses
1,111
5 guesses
212
6 guesses
21
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:
ARSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
47%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

317
247
210
121
119
104
96
91
68
62
53
47
46
41
37
37
35
34
27
25
25
24
24
23
23
22
20
18
18
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SAURY:

13% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
9% chance
Suggested:
CLONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.4% →
TOILE 6.06 bits
10.5% →
TOILE 5.09 bits
8.9% →
CLONE 5.54 bits
5.1% →
CLINE 5.13 bits
5.0% →
DRICE 4.56 bits
4.4% →
DROLE 4.25 bits
4.1% →
CONTE 4.95 bits
3.9% →
CUTIE 5.12 bits
2.9% →
THALE 4.37 bits
2.6% →
PORTE 3.80 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1U1R1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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