5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SEGAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of Sega

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 SEGAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SEGAS 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 82.5% of games, misses completely in 17.5%, and leaves about 193 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,314 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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 _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COURT TRIED RATIO ALTER STORK DETER
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.40 Entropy (bits)
193 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 45% of evaluated openers
1.55 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SEGAS 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,314 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SEGAS ranks #11,314 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
712
4 guesses
1,271
5 guesses
285
6 guesses
25
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
34%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

412
334
291
148
120
117
87
71
67
65
53
47
46
41
39
38
29
29
27
26
24
22
16
15
15
12
11
11
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SEGAS:

17% chance
Suggested:
COURT
14% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
12% chance
Suggested:
RATIO

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.5% →
COURT 5.79 bits
14.2% →
TRIED 5.28 bits
12.3% →
RATIO 4.96 bits
6.3% →
ALTER 4.75 bits
5.1% →
STORK 4.22 bits
5.0% →
DETER 4.46 bits
3.7% →
TRIPE 4.46 bits
3.0% →
GUILT 4.64 bits
2.8% →
CORAL 4.38 bits
2.8% →
STALK 3.72 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1E1G2A1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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