5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

STIVE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /staɪv/

Noun

The floating dust in a flour mill caused by the operation of grinding.

Verb

Sometimes with up: to compress (something); to cram.

Verb

To stew; to be stifled or suffocated.

Noun

Obsolete form of stew.

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 STIVE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts STIVE 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 152 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,184 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__V_ S in the 1st position and V in the 4th position _T__E T in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

CORAL RENAL TROUT GRACE NADIR HEART
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.89 Entropy (bits)
152 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 77% of evaluated openers
1.06 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STIVE 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,184 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STIVE ranks #6,184 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
868
4 guesses
1,191
5 guesses
212
6 guesses
21
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)
82%
Green tile
38%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

416
262
158
142
117
114
108
74
71
65
47
41
36
34
32
32
31
31
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27
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17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STIVE:

18% chance
Suggested:
CORAL
11% chance
Suggested:
RENAL
7% chance
Suggested:
TROUT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.6% →
CORAL 5.83 bits
11.1% →
RENAL 5.41 bits
6.7% →
TROUT 5.34 bits
6.0% →
GRACE 4.55 bits
5.0% →
NADIR 4.83 bits
4.8% →
HEART 4.76 bits
4.6% →
CLARY 4.85 bits
3.1% →
CLARY 4.57 bits
3.0% →
TRAIT 4.09 bits
2.8% →
CLASH 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1I1V4E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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