5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

STIRP

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A line descended from a single ancestor.

Noun

A line descending from a single extant ancestor, a lineage descending from a supergenerative species.

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 STIRP performs as a guess

Wordle accepts STIRP 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 81.8% of games, misses completely in 18.2%, and leaves about 154 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #613 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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___P S in the 1st position and P in the 5th position S__R_ S in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _T__P T in the 2nd position and P in the 5th position

Try next

ALONE CANOE HAOLE LIANE TAROT CLONE
Words starting with S Words ending with P

First-turn measures

4.96 Entropy (bits)
154 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 82% of evaluated openers
0.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STIRP 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#613 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STIRP ranks #613 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
1,028
4 guesses
1,069
5 guesses
172
6 guesses
13
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:
IRST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
30%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

429
273
174
122
96
87
78
76
63
63
62
60
45
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33
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STIRP:

18% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
12% chance
Suggested:
CANOE
7% chance
Suggested:
HAOLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.2% →
ALONE 6.05 bits
11.6% →
CANOE 5.35 bits
7.4% →
HAOLE 5.37 bits
5.2% →
LIANE 5.05 bits
4.1% →
HAOLE 5.07 bits
3.7% →
TAROT 4.62 bits
3.3% →
CLONE 4.97 bits
3.2% →
HAOLE 5.00 bits
2.7% →
ALONE 5.04 bits
2.7% →
HAOLE 4.71 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1I1R1P3
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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