5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SULFA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈsʌlfə/

Adjective

Of or containing sulfonamide or sulfanilamide.

Noun

A sulfonamide or sulfanilamide.

Alternative forms: sulpha

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 SULFA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SULFA 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 79.6% of games, misses completely in 20.4%, and leaves about 198 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,976 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___A S in the 1st position and A in the 5th position S__F_ S in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _U__A U in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE CARNE TRINE GOIER RONTE CROME
Words starting with S Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.54 Entropy (bits)
198 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SULFA 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,976 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SULFA ranks #5,976 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
874
4 guesses
1,195
5 guesses
215
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
30%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

481
351
151
149
131
98
84
83
83
65
54
41
39
36
34
31
30
24
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11
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SULFA:

20% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
15% chance
Suggested:
CARNE
6% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.4% →
TRONE 6.14 bits
14.9% →
CARNE 5.47 bits
6.4% →
TRINE 4.63 bits
6.3% →
GOIER 5.01 bits
5.6% →
TRINE 5.27 bits
4.2% →
RONTE 5.43 bits
3.6% →
CROME 4.27 bits
3.5% →
TRONE 5.22 bits
3.5% →
PEART 4.59 bits
2.8% →
TARSE 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1U1L1F4A1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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