5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

STOAT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈstəʊt//ˈstoʊt/

Noun

Mustela erminea, the ermine or short-tailed weasel, a mustelid native to Eurasia and North America, distinguished from the least weasel by its larger size and longer tail with a prominent black tip.

Verb

To stitch (edges of relatively thick cloth, fur, etc, for example on either side of a join or tear) together in a way that is invisible from the 'front', by sewing part of the way into and then back out of the thickness of the material from the 'back' side (without the thread going all the way through to the 'front' side of the material).

Alternative forms: stote

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 STOAT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts STOAT 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 80.8% of games, misses completely in 19.2%, and leaves about 179 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,109 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___T S in the 1st position and T in the 5th position S__A_ S in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _T__T T in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

LINER CARLE ROULE CLINE CRINE TRICE
Words starting with S Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.68 Entropy (bits)
179 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STOAT 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#7,109 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STOAT ranks #7,109 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
880
4 guesses
1,155
5 guesses
242
6 guesses
23

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
37%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

452
324
192
115
102
95
75
74
67
64
64
62
57
49
46
38
28
22
20
20
19
18
18
17
15
15
15
15
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STOAT:

19% chance
Suggested:
LINER
14% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
ROULE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.2% →
LINER 5.95 bits
13.7% →
CARLE 5.41 bits
8.1% →
ROULE 4.88 bits
4.9% →
CLINE 5.02 bits
4.3% →
CRINE 4.56 bits
4.0% →
TRICE 5.18 bits
3.2% →
RENAL 4.68 bits
3.1% →
CARLE 4.73 bits
2.8% →
PLANE 4.23 bits
2.7% →
URINE 4.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1O1A1T1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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