5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

STEAN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /stiːn/

Noun

A vessel made of clay or stone; a pot of stone or earth.

Verb

To pelt with stones; throw stones at; stone.

Verb

To fit with stones; mend, line, pave, etc. with stones.

Noun

A wall of brick, stone, or cement, used as a lining, as of a well, cistern, etc.; a steening.

Alternative forms: steen, steyn

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 STEAN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts STEAN 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 89.6% of games, misses completely in 10.4%, and leaves about 98 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #776 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___N S in the 1st position and N in the 5th position S__A_ S in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _T__N T in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

COULD DOREE CAROL GLARE TROUT IRONY
Words starting with S Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.42 Entropy (bits)
98 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STEAN 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
0.69 Volatility
#776 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STEAN ranks #776 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
79
3 guesses
983
4 guesses
1,121
5 guesses
155
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AENST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
31%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

117 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

246
239
165
133
112
89
89
74
72
59
49
48
48
41
39
39
38
37
34
33
30
26
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20

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STEAN:

10% chance
Suggested:
COULD
10% chance
Suggested:
DOREE
7% chance
Suggested:
CAROL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.4% →
COULD 5.68 bits
10.1% →
DOREE 5.24 bits
7.0% →
CAROL 5.08 bits
5.6% →
GLARE 4.81 bits
4.7% →
TROUT 5.11 bits
3.8% →
IRONY 4.82 bits
3.8% →
TRIED 4.54 bits
3.1% →
NOIRE 4.42 bits
3.1% →
TAROT 4.34 bits
2.5% →
SOULY 4.03 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1E1A1N1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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