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

STILT

Yes, STILT was the Wordle answer on July 7, 2025 (Wordle #1479).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /stɪlt/

Noun

Either of two poles with footrests that allow someone to stand or walk above the ground; used mostly by entertainers.

Noun

A tall pillar or post used to support some structure; often above water.

Verb

to raise on stilts, or as if on stilts

Verb

to apply unnecessary pomp or formality

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: July 7, 2025 (#1479).

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

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How STILT performs as a guess

STILT 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 215 possible answers on average.

Across the six-turn solver test, it ranks #3,925 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

S___T S in the 1st position and T in the 5th position S__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _T__T T in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

CARNE PORAE DINER ROATE HORSE CRANE
Words starting with S Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.55 Entropy (bits)
215 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 55% of evaluated openers
1.40 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener

How STILT performs across the solver's possible answers. See the data page for the method.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,925 Opener rank
STILT ranks #3,925 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
964
4 guesses
1,107
5 guesses
215
6 guesses
16
Top-ranked in the six-turn solver test: SLANT (3.51 guesses on average in games solved within six). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ILST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
37%
All gray
25%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches STILT in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

583
241
148
146
141
96
95
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69
56
44
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STILT:

25% chance
Suggested:
CARNE
10% chance
Suggested:
PORAE
6% chance
Suggested:
DINER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.7% →
CARNE 6.12 bits
10.2% →
PORAE 5.28 bits
6.3% →
DINER 5.36 bits
6.2% →
ROATE 5.39 bits
6.0% →
CARNE 5.39 bits
4.1% →
HORSE 5.03 bits
4.0% →
CRANE 5.05 bits
3.0% →
CRANE 5.24 bits
2.9% →
CADRE 4.36 bits
2.4% →
DIANE 4.21 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1I1L1T1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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