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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

STORY

Yes, STORY was the Wordle answer on May 2, 2022 (Wordle #317).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈstɔː.ɹi//ˈstɔ.ɹi/

Noun

An account of real or fictional events.

“The book tells the story of two roommates.”

Noun

A lie, fiction.

“You’ve been telling stories again, haven’t you?”

Verb

To tell as a story; to relate or narrate about.

Verb

To post a story (chronological collection of pictures or short videos) on an application or website.

Alternative forms: storie, what's the story, what's the story, bud, story, bud

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: May 2, 2022 (#317).

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

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How STORY performs as a guess

STORY 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 84.4% of games, misses completely in 15.6%, and leaves about 135 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,630 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___Y S in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position S__R_ S in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _T__Y T in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ALINE LAIDE LIANE CLINE PLANE TRAIT
Words starting with S Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

5.03 Entropy (bits)
135 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 85% of evaluated openers
0.92 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STORY 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
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,630 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STORY ranks #1,630 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
998
4 guesses
1,106
5 guesses
167
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
1 vowels
Common:
ORST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
40%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S N O U T
A M I T Y
S T O R Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches STORY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

368
250
183
126
116
116
89
85
66
60
52
46
37
36
35
35
34
32
32
31
31
26
25
23
21
20
19
19
18
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STORY:

16% chance
Suggested:
ALINE
11% chance
Suggested:
LAIDE
8% chance
Suggested:
LIANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.6% →
ALINE 6.26 bits
10.6% →
LAIDE 5.26 bits
7.8% →
LIANE 5.54 bits
5.3% →
CLINE 5.16 bits
4.9% →
LAIDE 4.62 bits
4.9% →
PLANE 5.36 bits
3.8% →
TRAIT 4.69 bits
3.6% →
ROVER 4.22 bits
2.8% →
LEASH 4.92 bits
2.5% →
TONIC 4.27 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1O1R1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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