5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

STEEK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /stiːk/

Verb

To stitch (sew with a needle).

Verb

To shut or close.

Noun

A stitch.

Noun

The bridge of extra stitches used in the steeking technique.

Alternative forms: steik

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 STEEK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts STEEK 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 75.9% of games, misses completely in 24.1%, and leaves about 232 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,655 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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___K S in the 1st position and K in the 5th position S__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _T__K T in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

LAIRY RAILE TAROT RAINY IRATE LASSO
Words starting with S Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.38 Entropy (bits)
232 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STEEK 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,655 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STEEK ranks #10,655 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
748
4 guesses
1,266
5 guesses
268
6 guesses
23

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
36%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

568
287
257
152
116
107
87
51
48
47
46
37
36
33
32
29
28
27
23
22
21
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14
14
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11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STEEK:

24% chance
Suggested:
LAIRY
12% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
11% chance
Suggested:
TAROT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.1% →
LAIRY 5.72 bits
12.2% →
RAILE 5.24 bits
10.9% →
TAROT 5.32 bits
6.4% →
RAINY 4.47 bits
4.9% →
LAIRY 4.77 bits
4.5% →
IRATE 4.59 bits
3.7% →
LASSO 4.74 bits
2.2% →
CAULK 4.36 bits
2.0% →
ROULE 4.24 bits
2.0% →
ROAST 4.21 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1E1E1K5
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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