5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SQUEG

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To undergo squegging.

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 SQUEG performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SQUEG 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 75.4% of games, misses completely in 24.6%, and leaves about 264 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,269 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position

Try next

CAROL LEARE SOLAR LAIRY CURLY PLANE
Words starting with S Words ending with G

First-turn measures

4.00 Entropy (bits)
264 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 23% of evaluated openers
1.95 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SQUEG 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,269 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SQUEG ranks #13,269 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
650
4 guesses
1,312
5 guesses
329
6 guesses
26
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
2 vowels
Common:
ESU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
34%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

56 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

580
392
213
165
116
97
91
85
71
70
63
34
27
26
26
25
24
23
22
18
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12
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11
9
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7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SQUEG:

25% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
17% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
9% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.6% →
CAROL 6.00 bits
16.6% →
LEARE 5.42 bits
9.0% →
SOLAR 4.02 bits
7.0% →
LAIRY 4.62 bits
4.9% →
CURLY 4.58 bits
4.1% →
PLANE 4.32 bits
3.9% →
ROAST 4.93 bits
3.6% →
GROIN 5.14 bits
3.0% →
RAILE 4.58 bits
3.0% →
ROATE 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1Q10U1E1G2
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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