5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

SAYER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

One who says; one who makes announcements; a crier.

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 SAYER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SAYER 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 90.9% of games, misses completely in 9.1%, and leaves about 83 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,413 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___R S in the 1st position and R in the 5th position S__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position SA_ER S in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and R in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TOILE PLAIT DIMLY PRINT DEALT
Words starting with S Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.48 Entropy (bits)
83 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 98% of evaluated openers
0.47 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SAYER 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#4,413 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SAYER ranks #4,413 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
883
4 guesses
1,180
5 guesses
190
6 guesses
22
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:
AERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
91%
Green tile
40%
All gray
9%

Feedback distribution

111 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

215
177
124
118
115
105
90
86
85
82
69
69
60
52
45
40
37
34
33
31
29
29
28
25
24
24
23
22
21
20

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SAYER:

9% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
8% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
5% chance
Suggested:
PLAIT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.1% →
COUNT 5.97 bits
7.5% →
TOILE 5.32 bits
5.3% →
PLAIT 4.95 bits
5.0% →
DIMLY 4.33 bits
4.9% →
PRINT 4.90 bits
4.5% →
DEALT 4.72 bits
3.8% →
POIRE 4.19 bits
3.6% →
STINK 4.45 bits
3.6% →
TOILE 3.40 bits
3.5% →
TRAIN 4.09 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1Y4E1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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