5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

STEIK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

Alternative form of steek.

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 STEIK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts STEIK 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 84.3% of games, misses completely in 15.7%, and leaves about 162 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,296 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___K S in the 1st position and K in the 5th position S__I_ S in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _T__K T in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

MOLAR LAREE TROUT GAILY LEARE DINER
Words starting with S Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.80 Entropy (bits)
162 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 72% of evaluated openers
1.15 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STEIK 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
#5,296 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STEIK ranks #5,296 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
901
4 guesses
1,167
5 guesses
210
6 guesses
18
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
31%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

371
370
155
124
119
112
89
73
69
61
53
52
48
39
34
33
31
30
25
24
24
23
21
21
20
19
18
18
17
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STEIK:

16% chance
Suggested:
MOLAR
16% chance
Suggested:
LAREE
7% chance
Suggested:
TROUT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.7% →
MOLAR 5.79 bits
15.7% →
LAREE 5.47 bits
6.6% →
TROUT 5.33 bits
5.3% →
GAILY 4.83 bits
5.0% →
LEARE 4.96 bits
4.7% →
DINER 4.79 bits
3.8% →
CLARY 4.90 bits
3.1% →
CLARY 4.45 bits
2.9% →
GIRTH 4.04 bits
2.6% →
CLASS 4.71 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1E1I1K5
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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