5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

STELL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /stɛl/

Noun

A stall; a fold for cattle.

Noun

A prop; a support, as for the feet in standing or climbing.

Verb

To place in position; set up, fix, plant; prop, mount.

Verb

To portray; delineate; display.

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 STELL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts STELL 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 82.4% of games, misses completely in 17.6%, and leaves about 180 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,434 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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

ROANY RAINE TRAIT TIARE PLAIN LEARE
Words starting with S Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.63 Entropy (bits)
180 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STELL 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#8,434 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STELL ranks #8,434 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
829
4 guesses
1,202
5 guesses
243
6 guesses
26

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ELST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
32%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

416
358
212
129
116
98
92
72
65
56
52
45
44
38
38
35
30
28
28
27
26
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18
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STELL:

18% chance
Suggested:
ROANY
15% chance
Suggested:
RAINE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRAIT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.6% →
ROANY 5.76 bits
15.2% →
RAINE 5.27 bits
9.0% →
TRAIT 5.41 bits
5.5% →
TIARE 4.77 bits
4.9% →
PLAIN 4.81 bits
4.2% →
ROANY 4.75 bits
3.9% →
LEARE 4.39 bits
3.1% →
AMISS 4.77 bits
2.8% →
CARNE 4.40 bits
2.4% →
ROUSE 4.28 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1E1L1L1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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