5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SAGAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of saga

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 SAGAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SAGAS 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 403 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,759 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__A_ S in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

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

First-turn measures

3.56 Entropy (bits)
403 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 8% of evaluated openers
2.39 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SAGAS 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
#13,759 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SAGAS ranks #13,759 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
630
4 guesses
1,285
5 guesses
369
6 guesses
29
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
37%
All gray
37%

Feedback distribution

61 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

863
260
217
190
133
115
96
75
39
35
35
30
26
24
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15
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6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SAGAS:

37% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
9% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.6% →
TOILE 5.96 bits
11.0% →
ALERT 5.34 bits
9.2% →
TRINE 5.05 bits
8.1% →
TRICE 4.84 bits
5.6% →
RIONE 5.52 bits
4.9% →
RUOTE 5.44 bits
4.1% →
CRUET 4.51 bits
3.2% →
TRICE 3.80 bits
1.7% →
THALE 4.30 bits
1.5% →
TOILE 4.17 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1G2A1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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