5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

QUAGS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of quag

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 QUAGS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts QUAGS 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 72.9% of games, misses completely in 27.1%, and leaves about 301 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,849 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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.

Q___S Q in the 1st position and S in the 5th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONER TALER STIPE TRICE TRONE THALE
Words starting with Q Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.79 Entropy (bits)
301 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 14% of evaluated openers
2.16 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How QUAGS 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#12,849 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, QUAGS ranks #12,849 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
679
4 guesses
1,293
5 guesses
322
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:
ASU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
25%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

58 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

639
389
259
157
123
103
91
86
85
56
48
34
29
28
23
16
15
14
13
12
11
11
11
10
10
7
6
6
6
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing QUAGS:

27% chance
Suggested:
TONER
16% chance
Suggested:
TALER
11% chance
Suggested:
STIPE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.1% →
TONER 5.90 bits
16.5% →
TALER 5.47 bits
11.0% →
STIPE 5.40 bits
6.7% →
TRICE 5.13 bits
5.2% →
TRONE 5.32 bits
4.4% →
THALE 4.16 bits
3.9% →
SALET 4.70 bits
3.6% →
CRIME 4.12 bits
3.6% →
TRONE 5.26 bits
2.4% →
SHUNT 4.27 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

Q10U1A1G2S1
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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