5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

STOOK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /stʊk/

Noun

A pile or bundle, especially of straw.

Noun

A group of six or eight sheaves of grain stacked to dry vertically in a rectangular arrangement at harvest time, largely obsolete since the advent of combine harvesters and powered grain driers (mid 20th century).

Verb

To make stooks.

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 STOOK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts STOOK 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 67.9% of games, misses completely in 32.1%, and leaves about 332 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,143 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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__O_ S in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _T__K T in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TREAT CARLE PARLE PLANE TRINE
Words starting with S Words ending with K

First-turn measures

3.93 Entropy (bits)
332 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 20% of evaluated openers
2.02 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STOOK 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,143 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STOOK ranks #11,143 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
761
4 guesses
1,236
5 guesses
299
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
2 vowels
Common:
OST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
31%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

756
324
192
159
117
78
68
59
58
51
44
41
39
27
25
24
23
20
17
15
13
13
12
11
10
9
9
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STOOK:

32% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
14% chance
Suggested:
TREAT
8% chance
Suggested:
CARLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.1% →
RAILE 6.31 bits
13.7% →
TREAT 5.56 bits
8.1% →
CARLE 5.03 bits
6.7% →
PARLE 5.33 bits
5.0% →
RAILE 5.17 bits
3.3% →
PLANE 4.78 bits
2.9% →
TRINE 4.12 bits
2.5% →
TASER 4.49 bits
2.5% →
MARLE 4.61 bits
2.2% →
CANER 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1O1O1K5
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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