5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

STOOR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /stɔː//stʊə//stɔɚ/

Adjective

Alternative form of stour.

Verb

To move; stir.

Verb

To move actively; keep stirring.

Noun

Stir; bustle; agitation; contention.

Alternative forms: stour

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 STOOR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts STOOR 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 78.7% of games, misses completely in 21.3%, and leaves about 191 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,707 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___R S in the 1st position and R in the 5th position S__O_ S in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _T__R T in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

LIANE CADIE TAINT PLANE LAIDE TREAT
Words starting with S Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.63 Entropy (bits)
191 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 61% of evaluated openers
1.31 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STOOR 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
0.71 Volatility
#6,707 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STOOR ranks #6,707 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
846
4 guesses
1,215
5 guesses
204
6 guesses
26
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:
ORST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
34%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

503
255
221
141
127
95
93
87
50
47
47
45
44
40
38
37
35
29
27
22
21
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STOOR:

21% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
11% chance
Suggested:
CADIE
9% chance
Suggested:
TAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.3% →
LIANE 6.19 bits
10.8% →
CADIE 5.37 bits
9.4% →
TAINT 5.30 bits
6.0% →
PLANE 5.34 bits
5.4% →
LAIDE 4.73 bits
4.0% →
TREAT 4.92 bits
3.9% →
LAIDE 4.04 bits
3.7% →
LEASH 4.93 bits
2.1% →
THANE 3.98 bits
2.0% →
CARNE 4.22 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1O1O1R1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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