5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

STEER

STEER is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /stɪə//stɪː//stɪjə/

Verb

To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).

“The boat steered towards the iceberg.”

Verb

To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm.

“The boat steers easily.”

Noun

A suggestion about a course of action.

Noun

The castrated male of cattle, especially one raised for beef production.

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

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 STEER performs as a guess

STEER 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 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 144 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,392 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___R S in the 1st position and R in the 5th position S__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _T__R T in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

COALY ANILE TAINT DRAPE TRAIT AMISS
Words starting with S Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.01 Entropy (bits)
144 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 84% of evaluated openers
0.94 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STEER 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#5,392 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STEER ranks #5,392 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
879
4 guesses
1,159
5 guesses
222
6 guesses
20
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:
ERST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
36%
All gray
17%

Example solver route

R O A T E
E N T E R
S T E E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches STEER in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

401
205
192
185
114
106
84
74
72
71
62
40
37
35
34
32
31
28
28
25
24
23
20
17
17
16
15
15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STEER:

17% chance
Suggested:
COALY
9% chance
Suggested:
COALY
8% chance
Suggested:
ANILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
COALY 5.71 bits
8.7% →
COALY 5.14 bits
8.1% →
ANILE 5.42 bits
7.8% →
TAINT 5.31 bits
4.8% →
COALY 4.77 bits
4.5% →
DRAPE 4.31 bits
3.6% →
COALY 3.46 bits
3.1% →
TRAIT 4.63 bits
3.1% →
AMISS 4.72 bits
3.0% →
LATTE 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1E1E1R1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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