5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

STENO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈstɛnoʊ/

Noun

a stenographer, someone whose job is to take dictation in shorthand

Noun

stenography

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 STENO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts STENO 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 89.0% of games, misses completely in 11.0%, and leaves about 116 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,858 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___O S in the 1st position and O in the 5th position S__N_ S in the 1st position and N in the 4th position

Try next

RAILE LAIRY DROOL TRAIT AINEE DROVE
Words starting with S Words ending with O

First-turn measures

5.20 Entropy (bits)
116 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 92% of evaluated openers
0.75 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STENO 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,858 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STENO ranks #1,858 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
970
4 guesses
1,120
5 guesses
180
6 guesses
13
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:
ENOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
30%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

303
260
169
121
119
86
83
78
70
69
66
55
47
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STENO:

13% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
11% chance
Suggested:
LAIRY
7% chance
Suggested:
DROOL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.8% →
RAILE 5.53 bits
11.0% →
LAIRY 5.66 bits
7.2% →
DROOL 5.05 bits
5.1% →
TRAIT 5.16 bits
5.0% →
RAILE 4.88 bits
3.6% →
AINEE 4.64 bits
3.5% →
DROVE 4.42 bits
3.3% →
CLARY 4.89 bits
3.0% →
MANIC 4.64 bits
2.9% →
TROUT 4.28 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1E1N1O1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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