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

STEED

Yes, STEED was the Wordle answer on October 22, 2021 (Wordle #125).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /stiːd/

Noun

A bicycle or other vehicle.

Noun

A stallion, especially one used for riding.

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: October 22, 2021 (#125).

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

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How STEED performs as a guess

STEED 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 78.6% of games, misses completely in 21.4%, and leaves about 191 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,186 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

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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__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _T__D T in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL RAILE TAROT CLARY RAINY TIARE
Words starting with S Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.63 Entropy (bits)
191 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 61% of evaluated openers
1.32 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STEED 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
0.68 Volatility
#7,186 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STEED ranks #7,186 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
823
4 guesses
1,250
5 guesses
214
6 guesses
12
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:
EST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
36%
All gray
21%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L E E T
S T E E D

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches STEED in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

504
241
236
134
123
92
92
82
64
60
48
46
45
39
37
37
27
27
25
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24
21
17
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14
13
12
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STEED:

21% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
10% 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
10.2% →
RAILE 5.27 bits
10.0% →
TAROT 5.33 bits
5.7% →
CLARY 4.74 bits
5.2% →
RAINY 4.35 bits
3.9% →
TIARE 4.69 bits
3.9% →
BRASS 4.73 bits
3.5% →
DANDY 4.64 bits
2.7% →
RAINE 4.49 bits
2.5% →
ALURE 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1E1E1D2
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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