5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

STATE

Yes, STATE was the Wordle answer on March 3, 2024 (Wordle #988).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /steɪt/

Noun

A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.

“a state of being”

Noun

High social standing or circumstance.

“in state”

Verb

To declare to be a fact.

“He stated that he was willing to help.”

Verb

To make known.

“State your intentions.”

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: March 3, 2024 (#988).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How STATE performs as a guess

STATE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 84.9% of games, misses completely in 15.1%, and leaves about 135 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,167 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

S___E S in the 1st position and E in the 5th position S__T_ S in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _T__E T in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

COULD OLDER CAROL GOIER COURT REGAL
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.01 Entropy (bits)
135 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 84% of evaluated openers
0.94 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STATE 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,167 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STATE ranks #7,167 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
824
4 guesses
1,215
5 guesses
226
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
2 vowels
Common:
AEST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
42%
All gray
15%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C L A S P
S K A T E
S T A T E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches STATE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

355
249
211
142
106
101
86
80
75
67
53
51
42
39
37
36
35
31
31
25
23
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22
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16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STATE:

15% chance
Suggested:
COULD
11% chance
Suggested:
OLDER
9% chance
Suggested:
CAROL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.1% →
COULD 5.57 bits
10.6% →
OLDER 5.02 bits
8.9% →
CAROL 5.27 bits
6.0% →
GOIER 4.40 bits
4.5% →
COURT 5.09 bits
4.3% →
REGAL 4.58 bits
3.6% →
SLINK 4.24 bits
3.4% →
CRINE 4.22 bits
3.2% →
DETER 4.73 bits
2.8% →
TALON 4.13 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1A1T1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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