5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SAYEE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

The person to whom something is said; the addressee of spoken words.

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 SAYEE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SAYEE 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 85.2% of games, misses completely in 14.8%, and leaves about 128 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,814 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___E S in the 1st position and E in the 5th position S__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

COURT TRAIL DIMLY NOIRE OLDER SNOUT
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.93 Entropy (bits)
128 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 80% of evaluated openers
1.02 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SAYEE 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
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,814 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SAYEE ranks #10,814 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
737
4 guesses
1,259
5 guesses
272
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

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
51%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

350
222
151
132
127
111
100
98
93
69
64
58
56
52
43
38
38
36
34
33
26
25
24
24
24
22
20
19
16
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SAYEE:

15% chance
Suggested:
COURT
9% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
6% chance
Suggested:
DIMLY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.8% →
COURT 5.92 bits
9.4% →
TRAIL 5.32 bits
6.4% →
DIMLY 4.26 bits
5.6% →
NOIRE 4.30 bits
5.4% →
OLDER 4.20 bits
4.7% →
SNOUT 4.29 bits
4.2% →
CARAT 4.12 bits
4.2% →
TENOR 4.81 bits
3.9% →
CLEAT 4.71 bits
2.9% →
GLARE 3.62 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1Y4E1E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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