5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

STONK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /stɒŋk//stɑŋk//stɔŋk/

Noun

A heavy artillery bombardment.

Noun

A large or intense penile erection.

Verb

To unleash a heavy artillery bombardment.

Verb

To overwhelm or trounce; to defeat decisively.

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 STONK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts STONK 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 76.5% of games, misses completely in 23.5%, and leaves about 209 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,204 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___K S in the 1st position and K in the 5th position S__N_ S in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _T__K T in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TREAT MARLE PARLE LEASH GRADE
Words starting with S Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.58 Entropy (bits)
209 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 57% of evaluated openers
1.37 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STONK 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#3,204 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STONK ranks #3,204 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
950
4 guesses
1,166
5 guesses
180
6 guesses
9
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:
NOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
31%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

555
262
183
154
121
104
76
74
61
55
47
34
34
32
31
30
29
28
26
23
21
20
18
17
16
16
15
14
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STONK:

24% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
11% chance
Suggested:
TREAT
8% chance
Suggested:
MARLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.5% →
RAILE 6.33 bits
11.1% →
TREAT 5.62 bits
7.8% →
MARLE 5.25 bits
6.5% →
RAILE 5.29 bits
5.1% →
PARLE 5.39 bits
4.4% →
LEASH 5.02 bits
3.2% →
GRADE 4.61 bits
3.1% →
MORAE 4.36 bits
2.6% →
BALER 4.46 bits
2.3% →
TASER 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1O1N1K5
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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