5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

STALK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /stɔːk//stoːk//staːk/

Noun

The stem or main axis of a plant.

“a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp”

Noun

The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle of a plant.

“grape stalks”

Verb

To approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer.

Verb

To (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment.ᵂᵖ

“My ex-girlfriend is stalking me.”

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 STALK performs as a guess

STALK is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 80.5% of games, misses completely in 19.5%, and leaves about 166 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,503 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___K S in the 1st position and K in the 5th position S__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _T__K T in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE RAMEN GOIER PRONE RENAL TAROT
Words starting with S Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.86 Entropy (bits)
166 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STALK 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
0.68 Volatility
#1,503 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STALK ranks #1,503 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
980
4 guesses
1,141
5 guesses
157
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ALST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
33%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N K
S T A L K

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches STALK in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

460
225
213
152
99
98
93
80
72
66
50
38
37
33
33
30
28
26
26
26
26
24
21
20
19
18
18
15
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STALK:

19% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
10% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
9% chance
Suggested:
RAMEN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.5% →
RIONE 6.13 bits
9.5% →
RIONE 5.46 bits
9.0% →
RAMEN 5.31 bits
6.4% →
GOIER 5.16 bits
4.2% →
PRONE 5.04 bits
4.2% →
RENAL 4.69 bits
3.9% →
TAROT 4.50 bits
3.4% →
MOIRE 4.89 bits
3.1% →
DRICE 4.99 bits
2.8% →
DRICE 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1A1L1K5
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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