5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

STICH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /stɪk/

Noun

A part of a line of poetry, especially in the distichal poetry of the Hebrew Bible and in early Germanic heroic verse such as Beowulf, where the line is composed of two (occasionally three) such parts.

Noun

Misspelling of stitch.

Verb

Misspelling of stitch.

Verb

Obsolete form of stitch.

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 STICH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts STICH 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 73.6% of games, misses completely in 26.4%, and leaves about 222 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,661 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___H S in the 1st position and H in the 5th position S__C_ S in the 1st position and C in the 4th position

Try next

ALONE TREAT DINER CARLE PARLE DRONE
Words starting with S Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.69 Entropy (bits)
222 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STICH 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
0.69 Volatility
#1,661 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STICH ranks #1,661 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
1,011
4 guesses
1,100
5 guesses
174
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
33%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

622
207
164
113
111
97
82
67
53
52
48
35
34
34
34
32
28
27
26
26
25
24
22
20
19
17
15
14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STICH:

26% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
9% chance
Suggested:
TREAT
7% chance
Suggested:
DINER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.4% →
ALONE 5.96 bits
8.8% →
TREAT 5.52 bits
7.0% →
DINER 5.28 bits
4.8% →
CARLE 5.46 bits
4.7% →
PARLE 5.35 bits
4.1% →
DRONE 5.07 bits
3.5% →
AROSE 5.08 bits
2.8% →
TRAIT 4.38 bits
2.2% →
ROUSE 4.44 bits
2.2% →
DEARY 5.04 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1I1C3H4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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