5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet A tier opener

SONAR

SONAR is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 96.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsoʊ.nɑːɹ//ˈsəʊ.nɑː/

Noun

Artificial echolocation by use of electronic equipment, with hydrophones to locate objects underwater, using the same wave-analysis principles that radar uses.

“They were able to detect the sunken wreck using sonar.”

Noun

A device that provides such echolocation.

“They finally bought a new sonar to replace the 40-year-old unit that sometimes didn't work right.”

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 SONAR performs as a guess

SONAR is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 88.8% of games, misses completely in 11.2%, and leaves about 89 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #385 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 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__A_ S in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__R O in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

TILDE TABLE TRICE TIARE CLOTE TUILE
Words starting with S Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.52 Entropy (bits)
89 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
96.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 99% of evaluated openers
0.43 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SONAR 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#385 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SONAR ranks #385 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
1,042
4 guesses
1,061
5 guesses
165
6 guesses
14
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:
ANORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
43%
All gray
11%

Example solver route

R O A T E
B A L M Y
S O N A R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SONAR in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

123 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

263
198
150
116
89
84
77
66
61
59
58
55
55
54
49
42
37
35
34
32
31
30
29
28
28
27
27
25
24
23

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SONAR:

11% chance
Suggested:
TILDE
8% chance
Suggested:
TABLE
6% chance
Suggested:
TRICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.2% →
TILDE 5.94 bits
8.4% →
TABLE 5.34 bits
6.4% →
TRICE 5.38 bits
4.9% →
TIARE 4.67 bits
3.8% →
CLOTE 4.31 bits
3.6% →
TUILE 5.01 bits
3.3% →
TUILE 4.96 bits
2.8% →
BLITE 4.94 bits
2.6% →
THALE 4.49 bits
2.5% →
ALATE 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1O1N1A1R1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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