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

STEAM

Yes, STEAM was the Wordle answer on September 23, 2024 (Wordle #1192).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /stiːm/

Noun

The hot gaseous form of water, formed when water changes from the liquid phase to the gas phase (at or above its boiling point temperature).

Noun

The suspended condensate (cloud) formed by water vapour when it encounters colder air.

Verb

To cook with steam.

“The best way to cook artichokes is to steam them.”

Verb

To be cooked with steam.

“The artichokes are steaming in the pot.”

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: September 23, 2024 (#1192).

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

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How STEAM performs as a guess

STEAM is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 87.8% of games, misses completely in 12.2%, and leaves about 125 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,524 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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___M S in the 1st position and M in the 5th position S__A_ S in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _T__M T in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE CRONY CAIRN GLARE TROUT TAROT
Words starting with S Words ending with M

First-turn measures

5.10 Entropy (bits)
125 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STEAM 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,524 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STEAM ranks #2,524 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
77
3 guesses
907
4 guesses
1,187
5 guesses
167
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AEST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
28%
All gray
12%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S P L A T
A D M I N
S T E A M

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches STEAM in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

295
288
188
137
133
91
91
80
58
50
49
48
46
43
42
40
40
40
32
27
24
24
24
23
23
22
20
20
18
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STEAM:

13% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
12% chance
Suggested:
CRONY
8% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.5% →
RIONE 5.30 bits
12.2% →
CRONY 5.69 bits
8.0% →
CAIRN 5.17 bits
5.8% →
GLARE 4.83 bits
5.6% →
TROUT 5.14 bits
3.9% →
TAROT 4.43 bits
3.9% →
TRIED 4.60 bits
3.4% →
CLINE 3.95 bits
2.5% →
LUMPY 4.62 bits
2.1% →
CREED 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1E1A1M3
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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