5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

STRIG

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈstɹɪɡ/

Noun

A pedicel or footstalk, especially of a flowering or fruit-bearing plant, such as the currant.

Noun

The tang of a sword-blade.

Verb

To strip the pedical from a plant.

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 STRIG performs as a guess

Wordle accepts STRIG 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 82.9% of games, misses completely in 17.1%, and leaves about 150 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,009 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__I_ S in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _T__G T in the 2nd position and G in the 5th position

Try next

ALONE CEDAR HAOLE ANILE PLANE TREAT
Words starting with S Words ending with G

First-turn measures

4.87 Entropy (bits)
150 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 76% of evaluated openers
1.08 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STRIG 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
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,009 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STRIG ranks #2,009 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
985
4 guesses
1,123
5 guesses
169
6 guesses
18
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:
IRST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
29%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

404
261
183
127
123
91
86
84
80
72
61
57
45
41
41
38
37
34
30
27
25
23
22
20
17
17
14
14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STRIG:

17% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
11% chance
Suggested:
CEDAR
8% chance
Suggested:
HAOLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.1% →
ALONE 6.04 bits
11.1% →
CEDAR 5.22 bits
7.8% →
HAOLE 5.39 bits
5.4% →
ANILE 5.22 bits
5.2% →
PLANE 5.23 bits
3.9% →
ALONE 5.23 bits
3.6% →
TREAT 4.74 bits
3.6% →
HAOLE 5.11 bits
3.4% →
DAINE 4.39 bits
3.1% →
CANOE 4.70 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1R1I1G2
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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