5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SAZES

SAZES 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 saz

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 SAZES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SAZES 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 78.9% of games, misses completely in 21.1%, and leaves about 231 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,210 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.92 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 SAZES 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.

3.92 Avg guesses
99.7% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#14,210 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SAZES ranks #14,210 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
555
4 guesses
1,337
5 guesses
378
6 guesses
35
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:

497
320
243
198
178
157
131
67
66
59
50
49
38
35
34
26
20
19
16
16
13
12
12
8
7
7
6
6
6
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SAZES:

21% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
14% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.1% →
COUNT 5.72 bits
13.6% →
TRINE 5.22 bits
10.3% →
TRAIL 5.29 bits
8.4% →
OLDER 4.15 bits
7.5% →
DEALT 4.86 bits
6.7% →
CARAT 3.98 bits
5.6% →
SNOUT 4.31 bits
2.8% →
SCANT 3.78 bits
2.8% →
TRIPE 4.28 bits
2.5% →
HOIST 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1Z10E1S1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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