5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SAVEY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

Alternative spelling of savvy (“understand, know”)

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 SAVEY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SAVEY 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 85.6% of games, misses completely in 14.4%, and leaves about 143 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,827 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TRINE TRAIL TRIDE ALERT MOILE
Words starting with S Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.80 Entropy (bits)
143 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 71% of evaluated openers
1.15 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SAVEY 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#10,827 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SAVEY ranks #10,827 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
737
4 guesses
1,241
5 guesses
292
6 guesses
23
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:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
49%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

339
251
206
157
156
135
111
89
64
61
56
55
55
40
39
34
33
32
27
24
24
23
22
20
18
17
15
14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SAVEY:

14% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
11% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.4% →
COUNT 5.93 bits
10.6% →
TRINE 5.28 bits
8.7% →
TRAIL 5.26 bits
6.7% →
TRIDE 4.29 bits
6.6% →
ALERT 4.80 bits
5.7% →
MOILE 3.81 bits
4.7% →
SNOUT 4.29 bits
3.8% →
CARAT 4.17 bits
2.7% →
SHALT 3.83 bits
2.6% →
TRIPE 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1V4E1Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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