- Average remaining
- 2.0
- Worst branch
- 3
- Information
- 1.79 bits
It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.
Five-letter words matching _TA_E
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What the remaining words have in common
10 matching words1 not previously used5 past answersTight family: STA_E (6)
Position 1S 80%E 20%
Position 4G 20%D 10%K 10%L 10%
used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer
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Can you finish _TA_E?
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Two-turn example: ALGOR
In normal mode, this play can cover 4 of 6 possible answers within two guesses, using the pattern alone.
See how the feedback separates the answers
- Yellow, Gray, Gray, Gray, Gray STAKE, STATE, STAVE — choose between 3 answers on the last turn
- Yellow, Gray, Gray, Gray, Yellow STARE — play this answer next
- Yellow, Gray, Yellow, Gray, Gray STAGE — play this answer next
- Yellow, Yellow, Gray, Gray, Gray STALE — play this answer next
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This pattern has 10 words in the Wordle guess list; 6 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 6 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.
Previously used by Wordle: STAGE (February 9, 2023); STAKE (August 26, 2024); STALE (November 6, 2022); STARE (December 30, 2024); STATE (March 3, 2024).
ALGOR does not fit this page's clues. STAGE keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 4.33 (5 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.
Trap warning:
STA_E
STAGE, STAKE, STALE, STARE, STATE, STAVE differ only in the fourth position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; ALGOR tests the family more efficiently.
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Pattern guide
What fits _TA_E?
All 10 matching words are shown above. 6 are possible answers.
Letters that fit the blanks
- 1st letter E, S
- 4th letter D, G, K, L, N, P, R, T, V
Meanings and answer history
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STAGE
A phase.
“He is in the recovery stage of his illness.”
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: February 9, 2023.
STAKE
A piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a marker or a support or stay.
“We have surveyor's stakes at all four corners of this field, to mark exactly its borders.”
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: August 26, 2024.
STALE
No longer fresh, in reference to food, urine, straw, wounds, etc.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: November 6, 2022.
STARE
To look fixedly (at something).
“She found him staring with raised eyebrows at her.”
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: December 30, 2024.
STATE
A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
“a state of being”
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: March 3, 2024.
STAVE
One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; especially, one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, barrel, pail, etc.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
ETAGE
Alternative form of étage.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
ETAPE
Alternative form of étape.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
STADE
A stage of progress
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
STANE
A dialectal or obsolete form of stone.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Not listed among past Wordle answers.
Common questions
- How many five-letter words match _TA_E?
- 10 five-letter words match _TA_E in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 6 are possible answers.