5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

STEDD

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Obsolete form of stead.

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 STEDD performs as a guess

Wordle accepts STEDD 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 78.6% of games, misses completely in 21.4%, and leaves about 238 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,588 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___D S in the 1st position and D in the 5th position S__D_ S in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _T__D T in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL RAILE TAROT LAREE CLARY BRASS
Words starting with S Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.16 Entropy (bits)
238 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 30% of evaluated openers
1.79 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STEDD 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#10,588 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STEDD ranks #10,588 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
740
4 guesses
1,292
5 guesses
257
6 guesses
19
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
1 vowels
Common:
EST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
28%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

504
413
236
142
134
92
75
68
66
58
55
53
45
39
37
32
28
24
23
23
16
15
13
12
12
10
10
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STEDD:

21% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
18% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
10% chance
Suggested:
TAROT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.4% →
CAROL 6.06 bits
17.5% →
RAILE 5.42 bits
10.0% →
TAROT 5.33 bits
6.0% →
LAREE 4.81 bits
5.7% →
CLARY 4.74 bits
3.9% →
BRASS 4.73 bits
3.2% →
AIDER 4.59 bits
2.9% →
CARNE 4.34 bits
2.8% →
ROULE 4.61 bits
2.5% →
ALURE 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1E1D2D2
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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