5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SONES

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

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of sone

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 SONES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SONES 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 83.7% of games, misses completely in 16.3%, and leaves about 168 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,134 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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 _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position SO_ES S in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL REATE ALTER ACTOR CLARY GRANT
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.65 Entropy (bits)
168 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SONES 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,134 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SONES ranks #10,134 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
763
4 guesses
1,244
5 guesses
267
6 guesses
25

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
43%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

384
358
154
149
120
110
110
72
71
64
53
52
52
47
40
38
38
36
28
27
26
22
17
16
15
14
14
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SONES:

16% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
15% chance
Suggested:
REATE
7% chance
Suggested:
ALTER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.3% →
TRAIL 5.92 bits
15.2% →
REATE 5.56 bits
6.5% →
ALTER 4.31 bits
6.3% →
ACTOR 5.01 bits
5.1% →
CLARY 4.63 bits
4.7% →
GRANT 5.08 bits
4.7% →
CLARY 4.75 bits
3.1% →
PLATE 4.60 bits
3.0% →
TRASH 4.82 bits
2.7% →
INANE 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1O1N1E1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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