5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

STILL

Yes, STILL was the Wordle answer on January 23, 2024 (Wordle #948).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈstɪl/[ˈstɪl]/ˈstɪo̯/

Adjective

Not moving; calm.

“Sit there and stay still!”

Adjective

Not effervescing; not sparkling.

“still water; still wines”

Adverb

Without motion.

“They stood still until the guard was out of sight.”

Adverb

Up to a time, as in the preceding time.

“Is it still raining? It was still raining five minutes ago.”

Alternative forms: stil, stille, styll, stylle

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: January 23, 2024 (#948).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How STILL performs as a guess

STILL is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 75.3% of games, misses completely in 24.7%, and leaves about 220 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,251 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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

CARNE TAROT CANOE DINER HORSE CRANE
Words starting with S Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.48 Entropy (bits)
220 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 50% of evaluated openers
1.47 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STILL 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,251 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STILL ranks #5,251 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
907
4 guesses
1,172
5 guesses
205
6 guesses
18
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ILST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
35%
All gray
25%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S H U N T
A C O E L
S T I L L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches STILL in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

583
246
167
148
141
96
95
85
63
62
45
44
38
37
33
30
30
26
26
23
22
20
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17
15
15
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12
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STILL:

25% chance
Suggested:
CARNE
10% chance
Suggested:
TAROT
7% chance
Suggested:
CANOE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.7% →
CARNE 6.12 bits
10.4% →
TAROT 5.51 bits
7.1% →
CANOE 5.27 bits
6.3% →
DINER 5.36 bits
6.0% →
CARNE 5.39 bits
4.1% →
HORSE 5.03 bits
4.0% →
CRANE 5.05 bits
3.6% →
TRAIT 4.29 bits
2.7% →
PORAE 4.43 bits
2.6% →
AROSE 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1I1L1L1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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