5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

STILB

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

a unit of luminance equal to one candela per square centimetre

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 STILB performs as a guess

Wordle accepts STILB 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 78.9% of games, misses completely in 21.1%, and leaves about 178 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #858 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___B S in the 1st position and B in the 5th position S__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position

Try next

CARNE TREAT PORAE DINER CRONE PHARE
Words starting with S Words ending with B

First-turn measures

4.71 Entropy (bits)
178 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STILB 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
100.0% Win rate
0.66 Volatility
#858 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STILB ranks #858 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
1,009
4 guesses
1,132
5 guesses
150
6 guesses
8

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ILST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
30%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

498
214
198
137
129
84
83
82
76
57
56
51
47
44
41
37
30
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27
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STILB:

21% chance
Suggested:
CARNE
9% chance
Suggested:
TREAT
8% chance
Suggested:
PORAE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.1% →
CARNE 6.18 bits
9.1% →
TREAT 5.62 bits
8.4% →
PORAE 5.36 bits
5.8% →
CARNE 5.39 bits
5.5% →
DINER 5.37 bits
3.6% →
CRONE 5.10 bits
3.5% →
PHARE 5.12 bits
3.5% →
BRANE 5.20 bits
3.2% →
TITHE 4.17 bits
2.4% →
DEARY 4.39 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1I1L1B3
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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