5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

JAGER

JAGER 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

Alternative form of jaeger.

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 JAGER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts JAGER 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 82.7% of games, misses completely in 17.3%, and leaves about 168 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,079 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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.

J___R J in the 1st position and R in the 5th position J__E_ J in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY STILE SLANT COURT SLATE SONLY
Words starting with J Words ending with R

First-turn measures

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

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How JAGER 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,079 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, JAGER ranks #11,079 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
709
4 guesses
1,305
5 guesses
271
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
30%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

409
244
193
175
142
127
126
104
102
98
64
62
42
39
37
33
26
24
21
20
20
19
18
15
14
13
12
12
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing JAGER:

17% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
10% chance
Suggested:
STILE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.3% →
SOILY 5.66 bits
10.3% →
STILE 5.36 bits
8.2% →
SLANT 5.21 bits
7.4% →
COURT 5.24 bits
6.0% →
SLATE 4.99 bits
5.4% →
SONLY 4.61 bits
5.3% →
TOISE 4.54 bits
4.4% →
COAST 4.45 bits
4.3% →
SOILY 3.56 bits
4.2% →
SIENT 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

J8A1G2E1R1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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