5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SONNY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.1% of possible answers.

Open Solver with SONNY Open Word Finder

Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsʌni/

Noun

A familiar form of address for a boy.

Noun

Form of address to a boy or man, to express contempt, warning etc.

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 SONNY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SONNY 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 70.4% of games, misses completely in 29.6%, and leaves about 281 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,158 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___Y S in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position S__N_ S in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TALER PLATE PARLE URATE CARTE
Words starting with S Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.14 Entropy (bits)
281 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SONNY 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,158 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SONNY ranks #9,158 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
806
4 guesses
1,246
5 guesses
238
6 guesses
22

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
NOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
47%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

699
201
191
173
133
121
107
78
53
49
49
38
34
33
32
27
26
25
24
22
19
18
15
15
14
12
11
10
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SONNY:

30% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
TALER
8% chance
Suggested:
PLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.6% →
RAILE 6.20 bits
8.5% →
TALER 5.22 bits
8.1% →
PLATE 5.43 bits
7.3% →
PARLE 4.88 bits
5.6% →
URATE 5.33 bits
5.1% →
CARTE 4.87 bits
4.5% →
ARIEL 5.24 bits
3.3% →
TARGE 4.89 bits
2.2% →
CADIE 4.65 bits
2.1% →
DROLE 3.88 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1O1N1N1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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