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STOLE

Yes, STOLE was the Wordle answer on January 18, 2024 (Wordle #943).

As an opener, it rules out about 96.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /stəʊl//stoʊl/

Verb

simple past of steal

Noun

A garment consisting of a decorated band worn on the back of the neck, each end hanging over the chest, worn in ecclesiastical settings or sometimes as a part of graduation dress, corresponding to the Eastern epitrachelion.

Noun

A scarf-like garment, often made of fur.

Verb

past participle of steal

Alternative forms: stoal, stoale, stolle

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: January 18, 2024 (#943).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How STOLE performs as a guess

STOLE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 90.3% of games, misses completely in 9.7%, and leaves about 86 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #313 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.57 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.

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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__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _T__E T in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

CAIRN CEDAR RAINY TRAIT GRACE PLAIN
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.52 Entropy (bits)
86 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
96.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 99% of evaluated openers
0.43 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STOLE 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.

3.57 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#313 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STOLE ranks #313 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
86
3 guesses
993
4 guesses
1,118
5 guesses
146
6 guesses
10
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:
ELOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
41%
All gray
10%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L A N K
S T O L E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches STOLE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

120 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

228
187
133
130
122
106
99
94
68
63
55
54
50
43
37
36
35
35
35
28
27
27
26
26
26
21
21
21
20
19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STOLE:

10% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN
8% chance
Suggested:
CEDAR
6% chance
Suggested:
RAINY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

9.7% →
CAIRN 5.87 bits
7.9% →
CEDAR 5.23 bits
5.6% →
RAINY 5.08 bits
5.5% →
TRAIT 5.35 bits
5.2% →
GRACE 4.54 bits
4.5% →
PLAIN 5.00 bits
4.2% →
HEART 4.78 bits
4.0% →
RENAL 4.74 bits
2.9% →
RAINY 4.37 bits
2.7% →
COURT 4.04 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1O1L1E1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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