5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SAAGS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of saag

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 SAAGS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SAAGS 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 63.4% of games, misses completely in 36.6%, and leaves about 396 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,656 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.88 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___S S in the 1st position and S in the 5th position S__G_ S in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TRINE ALERT TRICE RIONE RUOTE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.59 Entropy (bits)
396 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 9% of evaluated openers
2.36 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SAAGS 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.

3.88 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,656 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SAAGS ranks #13,656 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
643
4 guesses
1,278
5 guesses
363
6 guesses
30
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
63%
Green tile
42%
All gray
37%

Feedback distribution

59 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

863
217
207
190
149
115
115
73
53
30
29
28
27
22
22
21
19
16
15
14
13
12
11
10
10
7
7
5
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SAAGS:

37% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
9% chance
Suggested:
ALERT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.6% →
TOILE 5.96 bits
9.2% →
TRINE 5.05 bits
8.8% →
ALERT 5.32 bits
8.1% →
TRICE 4.84 bits
6.3% →
TRICE 5.10 bits
4.9% →
RIONE 5.40 bits
4.9% →
RUOTE 5.44 bits
3.1% →
TRICE 3.74 bits
2.2% →
LOURE 4.39 bits
1.3% →
TRIPE 4.08 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1A1G2S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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