Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

SDAYN

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

No dictionary definition for SDAYN is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use SDAYN in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How SDAYN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SDAYN 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 80.8% of games, misses completely in 19.2%, and leaves about 169 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #3,261 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe SDAYN used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.67 Entropy (bits)
169 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How SDAYN 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.96% Solved within six
0.67 Spread of game lengths
#3,261 Rank among openers
Opening with SDAYN left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.67 means those games clustered within about 0.67 of a guess of the 3.64 average. It ranks #3,261 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
950
4 guesses
1,175
5 guesses
170
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ANS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
30%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

SDAYN can come back 82 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

457 answers
258 answers
145 answers
145 answers
128 answers
123 answers
110 answers
109 answers
59 answers
57 answers
53 answers
47 answers
42 answers
42 answers
42 answers
41 answers
39 answers
37 answers
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35 answers
30 answers
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24 answers
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16 answers
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14 answers
13 answers
12 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1D2A1Y4N1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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

Strategy after playing SDAYN

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to SDAYN.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SDAYN:

19% chance
Suggested:
TRICE
11% chance
Suggested:
RATEL
6% chance
Suggested:
TRICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.2% →
TRICE 6.23 bits
10.8% →
RATEL 5.58 bits
6.1% →
TRICE 5.50 bits
6.1% →
PORTE 5.17 bits
5.4% →
PROLE 4.88 bits
5.2% →
DROLE 5.42 bits
4.6% →
ROUET 5.46 bits
4.6% →
TRICE 5.10 bits
2.5% →
TOILE 4.44 bits
2.4% →
PARTY 4.27 bits

Research on SDAYN

Game-tree analysis and word research for SDAYN, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with SDAYN, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.70 guesses and ranks #4,849 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with SDAYN can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.64, at or below the proven-optimal 3.70, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).