5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

STARY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈstɛə.ɹi//ˈstɛɚ.i//ˈstɛɹ.i/

Adjective

Alternative spelling of starey.

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 STARY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts STARY 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 86.9% of games, misses completely in 13.1%, and leaves about 116 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,613 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___Y S in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position S__R_ S in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _T__Y T in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

CLINE GOIER TOILE MOILE RACER TRIBE
Words starting with S Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

5.20 Entropy (bits)
116 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 92% of evaluated openers
0.75 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STARY 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,613 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STARY ranks #1,613 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
999
4 guesses
1,098
5 guesses
177
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)
87%
Green tile
42%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

111 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

309
234
174
149
114
103
98
86
82
63
49
44
41
36
35
30
29
28
27
25
25
25
24
23
21
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19
18
18
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STARY:

13% chance
Suggested:
CLINE
10% chance
Suggested:
GOIER
7% chance
Suggested:
CLINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.1% →
CLINE 6.16 bits
9.9% →
GOIER 5.00 bits
7.4% →
CLINE 5.42 bits
6.3% →
TOILE 5.24 bits
4.8% →
MOILE 4.37 bits
4.4% →
RACER 4.57 bits
4.2% →
CLINE 5.28 bits
3.6% →
CLINE 4.52 bits
3.5% →
TRIBE 4.64 bits
2.7% →
CLINE 4.66 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1A1R1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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