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Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

STAPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of stap

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 STAPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts STAPS 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 73.4% of games, misses completely in 26.6%, and leaves about 266 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,809 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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__P_ S in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _T__S T in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

NOIRE CARLE RIONE DRICE LATTE PRICE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.17 Entropy (bits)
266 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 31% of evaluated openers
1.78 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STAPS 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#7,809 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STAPS ranks #7,809 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
837
4 guesses
1,244
5 guesses
218
6 guesses
15
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)
73%
Green tile
29%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

628
320
246
123
121
114
96
60
45
44
39
38
36
34
29
27
25
24
22
17
17
15
15
13
12
11
11
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STAPS:

27% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE
14% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
10% chance
Suggested:
RIONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.6% →
NOIRE 5.98 bits
13.6% →
CARLE 5.38 bits
10.4% →
RIONE 5.41 bits
5.2% →
DRICE 4.92 bits
5.1% →
LATTE 4.51 bits
4.8% →
RIONE 5.05 bits
4.1% →
PRICE 5.10 bits
2.5% →
ROULE 4.76 bits
1.9% →
ROUSE 4.40 bits
1.9% →
CRINE 4.38 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1A1P3S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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