5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

UNSAY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To withdraw, retract (something said).

Verb

To cause something not to have been said; to make it so that one never said something (since this is physically impossible, usually in the subjunctive).

“I wish I could unsay that.”

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 UNSAY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts UNSAY 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 82.2% of games, misses completely in 17.8%, and leaves about 175 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,967 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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.

U___Y U in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position U__A_ U in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _N__Y N in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE CARLE STIRE TRUCE GOIER DROLE
Words starting with U Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.60 Entropy (bits)
175 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 58% of evaluated openers
1.35 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How UNSAY 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,967 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, UNSAY ranks #5,967 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
874
4 guesses
1,184
5 guesses
211
6 guesses
22
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:
ANSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
28%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

420
307
183
157
144
114
112
93
86
69
65
43
39
38
38
25
23
23
21
19
18
17
15
15
15
15
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14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing UNSAY:

18% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
13% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.8% →
TOILE 5.96 bits
13.0% →
CARLE 5.45 bits
7.8% →
STIRE 5.49 bits
6.7% →
TRUCE 5.41 bits
6.1% →
GOIER 5.41 bits
4.8% →
DROLE 4.95 bits
4.7% →
THALE 4.63 bits
3.9% →
TRINE 4.67 bits
3.6% →
CLEAR 4.74 bits
2.9% →
TALER 4.25 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

U1N1S1A1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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