5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

STELE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈstiːli//stiːl/

Noun

An upright (or formerly upright) slab containing engraved or painted decorations or inscriptions; a stela.

Noun

Any carved or engraved surface.

Alternative forms: stélé, stelè

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 STELE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts STELE 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 82.4% of games, misses completely in 17.6%, and leaves about 148 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,186 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___E S in the 1st position and E in the 5th position S__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _T__E T in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

ROANY TRAIT RAINY CLOAK GRICE RENAL
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.97 Entropy (bits)
148 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 82% of evaluated openers
0.98 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STELE 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
0.71 Volatility
#5,186 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STELE ranks #5,186 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
871
4 guesses
1,186
5 guesses
206
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
40%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

416
212
187
168
133
98
81
80
72
62
45
42
38
38
37
35
35
31
30
28
23
23
23
21
18
18
18
17
15
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STELE:

18% chance
Suggested:
ROANY
9% chance
Suggested:
TRAIT
8% chance
Suggested:
RAINY

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
7.9% →
RAINY 4.97 bits
7.1% →
CLOAK 4.80 bits
5.6% →
GRICE 4.42 bits
4.2% →
ROANY 4.75 bits
3.4% →
RENAL 4.51 bits
3.4% →
HEART 4.53 bits
3.1% →
AMISS 4.77 bits
2.6% →
IDYLL 4.12 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1E1L1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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