5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FLAGS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /flæɡz/

Noun

plural of flag

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of flag

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 FLAGS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FLAGS 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 76.7% of games, misses completely in 23.3%, and leaves about 220 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,901 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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.

F___S F in the 1st position and S in the 5th position F__G_ F in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE STORE CARET CELLO TALER TRICE
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.43 Entropy (bits)
220 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 47% of evaluated openers
1.52 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FLAGS 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#4,901 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FLAGS ranks #4,901 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
885
4 guesses
1,213
5 guesses
193
6 guesses
9
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
1 vowels
Common:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
28%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

549
262
260
160
108
97
79
76
73
49
42
42
38
37
27
26
25
23
23
22
21
19
19
19
18
16
14
13
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FLAGS:

23% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
11% chance
Suggested:
STORE
11% chance
Suggested:
CARET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.3% →
TRONE 6.12 bits
11.1% →
STORE 5.51 bits
11.0% →
CARET 5.41 bits
6.8% →
CELLO 4.88 bits
4.6% →
TALER 4.53 bits
4.1% →
TRICE 5.15 bits
3.4% →
SATER 4.68 bits
3.2% →
TRONE 5.30 bits
3.1% →
TRIPE 4.13 bits
2.1% →
CRONE 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

F4L1A1G2S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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