5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

STEME

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Obsolete form of steam.

Verb

Obsolete form of steam.

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 STEME performs as a guess

Wordle accepts STEME 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 77.9% of games, misses completely in 22.1%, and leaves about 201 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,482 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__M_ S in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _T__E T in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL TAROT RAINY GRACE COALY MOLAR
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.57 Entropy (bits)
201 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STEME 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,482 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STEME ranks #7,482 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
802
4 guesses
1,259
5 guesses
215
6 guesses
14

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
38%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

522
242
239
162
130
88
85
80
45
44
43
39
39
38
36
35
35
35
28
25
20
20
18
18
16
15
15
14
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STEME:

22% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
10% chance
Suggested:
TAROT
10% chance
Suggested:
RAINY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.1% →
CAROL 5.92 bits
10.3% →
TAROT 5.34 bits
10.1% →
RAINY 5.01 bits
6.9% →
GRACE 4.51 bits
5.5% →
COALY 4.80 bits
3.7% →
MOLAR 4.94 bits
3.6% →
HEART 4.58 bits
3.4% →
LASSO 4.70 bits
1.9% →
URITE 4.00 bits
1.9% →
ROAST 4.23 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1E1M3E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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