5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

SAGER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

comparative form of sage: more sage

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 SAGER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SAGER 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 88.6% of games, misses completely in 11.4%, and leaves about 90 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,187 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___R S in the 1st position and R in the 5th position S__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position SA_ER S in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and R in the 5th position

Try next

CLOUT TOILE COURT PLAIT STINK DEALT
Words starting with S Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.45 Entropy (bits)
90 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SAGER 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,187 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SAGER ranks #2,187 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
79
3 guesses
934
4 guesses
1,151
5 guesses
173
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
42%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

116 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

269
163
125
123
100
98
94
94
86
79
74
56
51
49
48
48
37
36
36
28
26
25
25
24
23
23
21
20
20
19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SAGER:

11% chance
Suggested:
CLOUT
7% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
5% chance
Suggested:
COURT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.4% →
CLOUT 5.48 bits
6.9% →
TOILE 5.33 bits
5.3% →
COURT 5.09 bits
5.2% →
PLAIT 4.98 bits
4.2% →
STINK 4.37 bits
4.2% →
DEALT 4.84 bits
4.0% →
TRICE 4.39 bits
4.0% →
CANDY 4.02 bits
3.6% →
TOILE 3.36 bits
3.3% →
CRAFT 4.13 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1A1G2E1R1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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