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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

STALL

Yes, STALL was the Wordle answer on May 16, 2024 (Wordle #1062).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /stɔːl//stoːl//stɔl/

Noun

A compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed.

Noun

A stable; a place for cattle.

Verb

To put (an animal, etc.) in a stall.

“to stall an ox”

Verb

To fatten.

“to stall cattle”

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: May 16, 2024 (#1062).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How STALL performs as a guess

STALL is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 78.6% of games, misses completely in 21.4%, and leaves about 188 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,777 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___L S in the 1st position and L in the 5th position S__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _T__L T in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE CARNE TRITE CLONE PRONE TAROT
Words starting with S Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.66 Entropy (bits)
188 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 62% of evaluated openers
1.29 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STALL 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#4,777 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STALL ranks #4,777 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
897
4 guesses
1,210
5 guesses
177
6 guesses
18
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ALST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
36%
All gray
21%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches STALL in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

505
232
232
137
119
97
89
89
50
50
43
40
37
37
36
33
33
31
29
28
26
23
21
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STALL:

21% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
10% chance
Suggested:
CARNE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRITE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.4% →
RIONE 6.12 bits
9.8% →
CARNE 5.34 bits
9.8% →
TRITE 5.51 bits
5.8% →
CLONE 4.94 bits
5.0% →
PRONE 5.04 bits
4.1% →
TAROT 4.51 bits
3.8% →
DRICE 4.96 bits
3.8% →
MOIRE 4.90 bits
2.1% →
BLORE 4.16 bits
2.1% →
ROUSE 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1A1L1L1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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