5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

STRAG

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 STRAG performs as a guess

Wordle accepts STRAG 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 85.3% of games, misses completely in 14.7%, and leaves about 127 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,880 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___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 _T__G T in the 2nd position and G in the 5th position

Try next

CLONE DECOR CLINE TITLE BEARD LODGE
Words starting with S Words ending with G

First-turn measures

5.03 Entropy (bits)
127 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 85% of evaluated openers
0.92 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STRAG 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
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#1,880 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STRAG ranks #1,880 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
974
4 guesses
1,165
5 guesses
145
6 guesses
16
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:
ARST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
29%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

347
211
194
155
116
108
96
77
74
61
55
49
47
43
40
40
33
31
31
30
29
28
26
25
24
23
23
19
18
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STRAG:

15% chance
Suggested:
CLONE
9% chance
Suggested:
DECOR
8% chance
Suggested:
CLINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.7% →
CLONE 5.93 bits
8.9% →
DECOR 4.93 bits
8.2% →
CLINE 5.38 bits
6.6% →
TITLE 5.18 bits
4.9% →
BEARD 4.56 bits
4.6% →
CLINE 5.20 bits
4.1% →
CLINE 4.38 bits
3.3% →
LODGE 5.13 bits
3.1% →
TRONE 4.52 bits
2.6% →
MOILE 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1R1A1G2
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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