5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet A tier opener

STEAL

STEAL is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 96.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /stiːl/

Verb

To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.

“Three irreplaceable paintings were stolen from the gallery.”

Verb

To appropriate without giving credit or acknowledgement.

“They stole my idea for a biodegradable, disposable garbage de-odorizer.”

Noun

The act of stealing.

Noun

A piece of merchandise available at a very low, attractive price; the act of buying it.

“At this price, this car is a steal.”

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

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 STEAL performs as a guess

STEAL 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 90.3% of games, misses completely in 9.7%, and leaves about 95 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #787 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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___L S in the 1st position and L in the 5th position S__A_ S in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _T__L T in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE IRONY CAIRN TROUT COULD GRAME
Words starting with S Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.48 Entropy (bits)
95 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
96.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 98% of evaluated openers
0.47 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STEAL 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#787 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STEAL ranks #787 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
89
3 guesses
977
4 guesses
1,098
5 guesses
173
6 guesses
14
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
2 vowels
Common:
AELST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
30%
All gray
10%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches STEAL in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

126 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

243
228
164
126
107
104
88
81
74
58
57
49
47
43
40
37
34
34
29
27
24
24
22
22
22
21
21
20
18
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STEAL:

10% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
10% chance
Suggested:
IRONY
7% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.3% →
RIONE 5.34 bits
9.7% →
IRONY 5.45 bits
7.0% →
CAIRN 5.25 bits
5.3% →
TROUT 5.13 bits
4.5% →
COULD 4.79 bits
4.4% →
GRAME 4.34 bits
3.7% →
TRIED 4.58 bits
3.4% →
TACIT 4.55 bits
3.1% →
BOREE 4.28 bits
2.5% →
PLAIN 3.74 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1E1A1L1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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