5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SAXES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of sax

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 SAXES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SAXES 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 78.8% of games, misses completely in 21.2%, and leaves about 231 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,305 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.93 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___S S in the 1st position and S in the 5th position S__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position SA_ES S in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TRINE TRAIL OLDER DEALT CARAT
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.01 Entropy (bits)
231 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 23% of evaluated openers
1.94 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SAXES 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.

3.93 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,305 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SAXES ranks #14,305 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
553
4 guesses
1,320
5 guesses
395
6 guesses
38
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
40%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

57 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

501
315
243
193
181
160
129
67
67
59
51
49
38
37
34
26
20
19
16
16
12
12
12
8
8
7
6
6
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SAXES:

21% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
13% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.2% →
COUNT 5.68 bits
13.4% →
TRINE 5.23 bits
10.3% →
TRAIL 5.28 bits
8.2% →
OLDER 4.17 bits
7.7% →
DEALT 4.78 bits
6.8% →
CARAT 3.96 bits
5.5% →
SNOUT 4.31 bits
2.8% →
TRIPE 4.26 bits
2.8% →
SCANT 3.78 bits
2.5% →
HOIST 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1X8E1S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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