5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

STANG

STANG is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈstæŋ/[ˈstæŋ]/ˈstaŋ/

Noun

A forked ritual staff.

Verb

To shoot with pain, to sting.

Verb

To spear; to sting.

Noun

Clipping of Mustang, a brand of automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company.

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

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

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 STANG performs as a guess

Wordle accepts STANG as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 81.6% of games, misses completely in 18.4%, and leaves about 155 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,465 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___G S in the 1st position and G in the 5th position S__N_ S in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _T__G T in the 2nd position and G in the 5th position

Try next

DROLE CARLE TRITE LINER PLORE CRIME
Words starting with S Words ending with G

First-turn measures

4.85 Entropy (bits)
155 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STANG 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
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#1,465 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STANG ranks #1,465 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
971
4 guesses
1,157
5 guesses
152
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ANST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
31%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

434
223
198
125
110
108
95
91
85
67
48
45
40
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STANG:

18% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
9% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRITE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.4% →
DROLE 6.02 bits
9.5% →
CARLE 5.39 bits
8.4% →
TRITE 5.49 bits
5.3% →
LINER 4.90 bits
4.7% →
PLORE 5.07 bits
4.6% →
CARLE 4.69 bits
4.0% →
CRIME 4.87 bits
3.9% →
ROULE 5.45 bits
3.6% →
HORSE 5.00 bits
2.8% →
CARLE 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1A1N1G2
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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