5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

STRIP

STRIP is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈstɹɪp/[ˈstɹ̝̊ʷɪp][ˈst̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɪp]

Noun

A long, thin piece of land; any long, thin area.

“The countries were in dispute over the ownership of a strip of desert about 100 metres wide.”

Noun

A long, thin piece of any material; any such material collectively.

“Papier mache is made from strips of paper.”

Verb

To remove or take away, often in strips or stripes.

“Norm will strip the old varnish before painting the chair.”

Verb

To take off clothing.

“Seeing that no one else was about, he stripped and dived into the river.”

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

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 STRIP performs as a guess

STRIP 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 81.8% of games, misses completely in 18.2%, and leaves about 155 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #382 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 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___P S in the 1st position and P in the 5th position S__I_ S in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _T__P T in the 2nd position and P in the 5th position

Try next

ALONE CEDAR HAOLE ANILE TREAT DAINE
Words starting with S Words ending with P

First-turn measures

4.96 Entropy (bits)
155 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 81% of evaluated openers
0.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STRIP 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#382 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STRIP ranks #382 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
74
3 guesses
1,038
4 guesses
1,054
5 guesses
173
6 guesses
12
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:
IRST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
29%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L U I T
S T R I P

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches STRIP in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

429
266
174
147
96
84
76
76
70
67
63
53
40
36
34
33
33
26
25
23
23
23
22
21
20
19
19
16
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STRIP:

18% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
11% chance
Suggested:
CEDAR
7% chance
Suggested:
HAOLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.2% →
ALONE 6.05 bits
11.3% →
CEDAR 5.15 bits
7.4% →
HAOLE 5.37 bits
6.2% →
ANILE 5.31 bits
4.1% →
HAOLE 5.07 bits
3.6% →
TREAT 4.78 bits
3.2% →
DAINE 4.65 bits
3.2% →
HAOLE 5.00 bits
3.0% →
CANOE 4.85 bits
2.8% →
TAINT 4.21 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1R1I1P3
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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