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Five-letter words starting with STA and ending in S (STA_S)

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8 matching words0 not previously used0 past answersBest matching test word: STARS

Position 4B 13%G 13%N 13%P 13%

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STABS guess STARS guess STATS guess STAYS guess STAGS guess STANS guess STAPS guess STAWS guess

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STABS

plural of stab

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STARS

plural of star

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STATS

Clipping of statistics (the subject).

“Stats is one of her favourite subjects at school.”

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STAYS

plural of stay

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STAGS

plural of stag

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STANS

plural of stan

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STAPS

third-person singular simple present indicative of stap

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STAWS

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How many five-letter words match STA_S?: 8 five-letter words match STA_S in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 0 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, STARS has the highest feedback entropy at 4.61 bits against the possible answers.