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

STEEL

Yes, STEEL was the Wordle answer on April 13, 2024 (Wordle #1029).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /stiːl/[stiːɫ]

Noun

An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.

Noun

Any item made of this metal, particularly including:

Adjective

Made of steel.

Adjective

Similar to steel in color, strength, or the like; steely.

Alternative forms: steele

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: April 13, 2024 (#1029).

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

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How STEEL performs as a guess

STEEL 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 82.4% of games, misses completely in 17.6%, and leaves about 151 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,819 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___L S in the 1st position and L in the 5th position S__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _T__L T in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

ROANY TRAIT IRADE COALY RAINY TIARE
Words starting with S Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.94 Entropy (bits)
151 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 80% of evaluated openers
1.01 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STEEL 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,819 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STEEL ranks #4,819 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
902
4 guesses
1,172
5 guesses
202
6 guesses
17
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:
ELST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
37%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches STEEL in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

416
212
209
174
111
98
86
85
72
56
45
41
40
40
38
35
32
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23
23
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STEEL:

18% chance
Suggested:
ROANY
9% chance
Suggested:
TRAIT
9% chance
Suggested:
IRADE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.6% →
ROANY 5.76 bits
9.0% →
TRAIT 5.41 bits
8.9% →
IRADE 5.16 bits
7.4% →
COALY 4.93 bits
4.7% →
RAINY 4.36 bits
4.2% →
ROANY 4.75 bits
3.6% →
TIARE 4.67 bits
3.6% →
BAILE 4.46 bits
3.1% →
AMISS 4.77 bits
2.4% →
RAINY 4.23 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1E1E1L1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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