5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

STAGS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of stag

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 STAGS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts STAGS 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 74.3% of games, misses completely in 25.7%, and leaves about 256 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,567 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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__G_ S in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _T__S T in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE CARLE NOIRE PLORE LATTE CRINE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.12 Entropy (bits)
256 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 29% of evaluated openers
1.83 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STAGS 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#10,567 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STAGS ranks #10,567 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
765
4 guesses
1,268
5 guesses
263
6 guesses
20
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
1 vowels
Common:
AST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
30%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

607
300
248
143
127
120
90
70
49
49
47
45
45
37
37
33
32
25
20
18
17
16
14
12
11
9
9
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STAGS:

26% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
13% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
11% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.7% →
RIONE 5.86 bits
12.7% →
CARLE 5.41 bits
10.5% →
NOIRE 5.47 bits
6.1% →
PLORE 5.04 bits
5.4% →
LATTE 4.56 bits
5.1% →
CRINE 4.90 bits
3.8% →
IRONE 5.36 bits
3.0% →
ROULE 4.88 bits
2.1% →
LOURE 4.37 bits
2.1% →
ALGAE 4.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1A1G2S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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