5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SONDE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /sɒnd//sɑnd/

Noun

Probe; sound.

Noun

Any of various devices for testing physical conditions, often for remote or underwater locations.

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 SONDE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SONDE 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 87.0% of games, misses completely in 13.0%, and leaves about 113 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,712 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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__D_ S in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL LATER LAIRY ACTOR SLART GIANT
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.24 Entropy (bits)
113 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 93% of evaluated openers
0.70 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SONDE 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,712 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SONDE ranks #2,712 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
74
3 guesses
927
4 guesses
1,162
5 guesses
173
6 guesses
18
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:
ENOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
46%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

115 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

307
249
151
121
112
94
94
89
72
65
62
46
45
43
43
39
39
36
35
33
27
25
22
22
20
18
18
17
17
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SONDE:

13% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
11% chance
Suggested:
LATER
6% chance
Suggested:
LAIRY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.0% →
TRAIL 5.82 bits
10.6% →
LATER 5.42 bits
6.4% →
LAIRY 4.47 bits
5.1% →
ACTOR 5.06 bits
4.7% →
SLART 4.59 bits
4.0% →
GIANT 5.15 bits
4.0% →
CLARY 4.58 bits
3.8% →
TRASH 4.73 bits
3.1% →
ARIEL 4.65 bits
2.8% →
LAIRY 4.91 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1O1N1D2E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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