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Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

STOAE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 96.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of stoa

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 STOAE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts STOAE 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 92.4% of games, misses completely in 7.6%, and leaves about 76 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,466 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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__A_ S in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _T__E T in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

LINER CLING CAIRN GRICE GLARE LURID
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.61 Entropy (bits)
76 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.8% Avg ruled out
In the top 1% for first-turn entropy
0.34 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STOAE 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,466 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STOAE ranks #1,466 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
77
3 guesses
957
4 guesses
1,139
5 guesses
166
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
3 vowels
Common:
AEOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
92%
Green tile
42%
All gray
8%

Feedback distribution

111 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

180
179
166
107
93
84
79
77
74
71
69
63
57
54
53
46
42
40
35
34
33
32
29
27
26
26
22
20
19
19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STOAE:

8% chance
Suggested:
LINER
8% chance
Suggested:
CLING
7% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

7.6% →
LINER 5.35 bits
7.6% →
CLING 5.38 bits
7.0% →
CAIRN 5.15 bits
4.5% →
HORNY 4.55 bits
3.9% →
GRICE 4.23 bits
3.6% →
GLARE 3.91 bits
3.4% →
TRUTH 4.70 bits
3.3% →
TACIT 4.47 bits
3.1% →
LAYER 4.28 bits
3.0% →
DETER 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1O1A1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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