5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

STERE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A measure of volume used e.g. for cut wood, equal to one cubic metre.

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 STERE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts STERE 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 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 139 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,664 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___E S in the 1st position and E in the 5th position S__R_ S in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _T__E T in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position ST_RE S in the 1st position, T in the 2nd position, R in the 4th position, and E in the 5th position

Try next

COALY BARON TAINT LADEN RAINY ALINE
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.05 Entropy (bits)
139 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 86% of evaluated openers
0.90 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STERE 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
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#5,664 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STERE ranks #5,664 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
874
4 guesses
1,141
5 guesses
235
6 guesses
22
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
40%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

401
196
185
133
132
121
114
72
68
61
58
49
35
32
31
31
30
30
28
28
24
23
18
17
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15
15
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STERE:

17% chance
Suggested:
COALY
8% chance
Suggested:
BARON
8% chance
Suggested:
TAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
COALY 5.71 bits
8.3% →
BARON 5.02 bits
7.8% →
TAINT 5.31 bits
5.6% →
LADEN 5.26 bits
5.6% →
RAINY 3.89 bits
5.1% →
ALINE 4.67 bits
4.8% →
COALY 4.77 bits
3.1% →
AMISS 4.72 bits
2.9% →
TRAIT 4.50 bits
2.6% →
DEALT 4.45 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1E1R1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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