5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SAWAH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A rice paddy.

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 SAWAH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SAWAH 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 67.5% of games, misses completely in 32.5%, and leaves about 324 possible answers on average.

Across the six-turn solver test, it ranks #11,893 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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___H S in the 1st position and H in the 5th position S__A_ S in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__H A in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE ALERT TRINE RUOTE CLEAR TRICE
Words starting with S Words ending with H

First-turn measures

3.99 Entropy (bits)
324 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 22% of evaluated openers
1.96 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener

How SAWAH performs across the solver's possible answers. See the data page for the method.

3.81 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,893 Opener rank
SAWAH ranks #11,893 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
738
4 guesses
1,233
5 guesses
316
6 guesses
25
Top-ranked in the six-turn solver test: SLANT (3.51 guesses on average in games solved within six). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
39%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

767
245
178
175
124
100
90
74
57
56
38
31
29
25
23
22
20
20
20
19
19
17
17
14
13
12
11
11
10
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SAWAH:

33% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
10% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
8% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.5% →
RIONE 5.95 bits
10.4% →
ALERT 5.33 bits
7.5% →
TRINE 4.84 bits
7.4% →
TRINE 5.15 bits
5.3% →
RUOTE 5.54 bits
4.2% →
CLEAR 4.47 bits
3.8% →
TRICE 5.31 bits
3.1% →
TRUCE 4.63 bits
2.4% →
DROLE 4.97 bits
2.4% →
LEANT 3.99 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1W4A1H4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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