ST- is one of the most common 5-letter Wordle openings. STARE — S, T, A, R, E — uses five of the most common English letters and is one of the top Wordle starting words. Browse every 5-letter ST word for Wordle and Scrabble.
STARE uses S, T, A, R, E — all top-10 most common English letters, all different. In a typical Wordle game, 60-70% of possible answers contain at least one of these letters, meaning STARE almost always gives you green or yellow tiles to work with. Many Wordle solvers rank STARE as the optimal or near-optimal starting guess by expected information per guess. Other strong ST- openers: STALE (tests L instead of R), STEAM (tests M), STERN (tests N).
5-letter ST words: STACK, STAFF, STAGE, STAIN, STAIR, STAKE, STALE, STALK, STALL, STAND, STARE, STARK, START, STATE, STEAK, STEAL, STEAM, STEEL, STEER, STERN, STICK, STIFF, STILL, STING, STINK, STOCK, STONE, STORE, STORM, STORY, STOUT, STOVE, STRAP, STRAW, STRAY, STRIP, STUDY, STUFF, STUMP, STUNT, STYLE.
STARE is consistently ranked among the top 5 Wordle starting words. It uses S, T, A, R, E — all in the top-10 most frequent English letters, all distinct. Other competing top openers include CRANE, SLATE, TRACE, LEAST, and RAISE. If you want an ST- opener, STARE or STALE are your strongest options.
Common Wordle answers starting with ST: STARE, STALE, STEAK, STEAL, STEAM, STEEL, STERN, STICK, STILL, STONE, STORE, STORM, STORY, STRAP, STRAW, STRAY, STRIP, STUDY, STYLE. These have all appeared or are likely future Wordle answers based on word frequency analysis.
All-unique 5-letter ST words (useful for Wordle): STAIN, STAIR, STAKE, STALE, STARE, STARK, STEAK, STEAL, STEAM, STEER (E repeated), STERN, STICK, STINK, STOCK, STONE, STORE, STORM, STOUT, STOVE, STRAP, STRAW, STRAY, STRIP. STARE is the most valuable for Wordle — all five letters are distinct and highly common.