5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

STEND

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To rear or leap.

Verb

To walk with long strides.

Noun

A leap.

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 STEND performs as a guess

Wordle accepts STEND 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 85.3% of games, misses completely in 14.7%, and leaves about 137 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,074 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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___D S in the 1st position and D in the 5th position S__N_ S in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _T__D T in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL RAILE TAROT CABIN CLARY AINEE
Words starting with S Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.98 Entropy (bits)
137 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 82% of evaluated openers
0.97 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STEND 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#1,074 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STEND ranks #1,074 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
963
4 guesses
1,162
5 guesses
146
6 guesses
10
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

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ENST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
30%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

347
298
171
123
104
95
93
83
81
61
57
53
51
43
42
40
33
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STEND:

15% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
13% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
7% chance
Suggested:
TAROT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.7% →
CAROL 6.14 bits
12.6% →
RAILE 5.37 bits
7.3% →
TAROT 5.36 bits
5.2% →
RAILE 4.80 bits
4.4% →
CABIN 5.08 bits
4.0% →
CLARY 4.90 bits
3.9% →
AINEE 4.61 bits
3.5% →
RAILE 4.72 bits
3.4% →
CRASS 4.68 bits
2.6% →
MODAL 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1E1N1D2
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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