5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SCRAG

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈskɹæɡ/[ˈskɹʷæɡ]/ˈskɹeɪ̯ɡ/

Noun

A scrog.

Noun

A chav or ned; a stereotypically loud and aggressive person of lower social class.

Verb

To harass; to manhandle.

Verb

To destroy or kill.

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 SCRAG performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SCRAG 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 84.5% of games, misses completely in 15.5%, and leaves about 144 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,277 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___G S in the 1st position and G in the 5th position S__A_ S in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _C__G C in the 2nd position and G in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TUILE TIARE TOUSE CHANT THALE
Words starting with S Words ending with G

First-turn measures

4.81 Entropy (bits)
144 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 72% of evaluated openers
1.14 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SCRAG 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,277 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SCRAG ranks #3,277 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
962
4 guesses
1,152
5 guesses
182
6 guesses
13
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
1 vowels
Common:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
29%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

365
230
223
143
139
125
91
81
69
66
58
56
53
49
46
39
35
34
29
29
26
23
18
18
16
15
15
14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SCRAG:

15% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
9% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.5% →
TOILE 6.13 bits
9.8% →
TOILE 5.22 bits
9.5% →
TOILE 5.33 bits
6.1% →
TOILE 5.07 bits
5.9% →
TUILE 5.22 bits
5.3% →
TIARE 4.45 bits
3.9% →
TOILE 5.09 bits
3.4% →
TOUSE 4.93 bits
2.9% →
CHANT 4.44 bits
2.8% →
THALE 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1C3R1A1G2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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