5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

STROY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /stɹɔɪ/

Verb

To destroy.

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 STROY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts STROY 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 84.4% of games, misses completely in 15.6%, and leaves about 137 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,505 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__O_ S in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _T__Y T in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

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

First-turn measures

5.01 Entropy (bits)
137 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STROY 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
0.69 Volatility
#1,505 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STROY ranks #1,505 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
1,003
4 guesses
1,105
5 guesses
165
6 guesses
20

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ORST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
39%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

368
248
183
145
117
116
92
92
66
62
43
36
35
35
34
33
32
31
30
30
28
25
25
25
23
21
20
19
18
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STROY:

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
10.5% →
LAIDE 5.23 bits
7.8% →
LIANE 5.54 bits
6.1% →
CLINE 5.40 bits
5.0% →
PLANE 5.36 bits
4.9% →
LAIDE 4.62 bits
3.9% →
GRADE 4.40 bits
3.9% →
TREAT 4.85 bits
2.8% →
LEASH 4.92 bits
2.6% →
COUNT 4.17 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1R1O1Y4
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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