5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SAUVE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

A surname from French.

Alternative forms: Sauvé

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 SAUVE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SAUVE 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 86.7% of games, misses completely in 13.3%, and leaves about 131 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,941 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___E S in the 1st position and E in the 5th position S__V_ S in the 1st position and V in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

CRONY DETER TRAIL TARDY RENAL CURLY
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.95 Entropy (bits)
131 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 81% of evaluated openers
1.00 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SAUVE 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#8,941 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SAUVE ranks #8,941 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
760
4 guesses
1,243
5 guesses
243
6 guesses
27
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
3 vowels
Common:
AESU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
45%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

313
269
199
136
117
115
110
91
66
63
61
47
46
42
40
35
33
32
31
31
30
28
27
24
24
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18
18
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SAUVE:

13% chance
Suggested:
CRONY
11% chance
Suggested:
DETER
8% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.3% →
CRONY 5.57 bits
11.4% →
DETER 5.43 bits
8.4% →
TRAIL 5.26 bits
5.8% →
TARDY 3.95 bits
5.0% →
RENAL 4.76 bits
4.9% →
CURLY 4.37 bits
4.7% →
GRICE 4.31 bits
3.9% →
SPILT 4.45 bits
2.8% →
SHALT 3.75 bits
2.7% →
COUNT 4.04 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1U1V4E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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