5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

STOPE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: [stoʊp]

Noun

A mining excavation in the form of a terrace of steps.

Verb

To excavate in the form of stopes.

Verb

To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore has been worked out.

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 STOPE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts STOPE 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 86.9% of games, misses completely in 13.1%, and leaves about 121 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,549 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___E S in the 1st position and E in the 5th position S__P_ S in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _T__E T in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

CAIRN ARIEL LAIRY TAINT CARET CLARY
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.17 Entropy (bits)
121 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 91% of evaluated openers
0.78 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STOPE 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,549 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STOPE ranks #2,549 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
81
3 guesses
917
4 guesses
1,162
5 guesses
177
6 guesses
15
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
2 vowels
Common:
EOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
38%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

116 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

310
252
167
151
145
112
84
74
64
64
56
50
44
42
34
31
28
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25
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STOPE:

13% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN
11% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
7% chance
Suggested:
LAIRY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.1% →
CAIRN 5.96 bits
10.7% →
ARIEL 5.19 bits
7.1% →
LAIRY 4.89 bits
6.4% →
LAIRY 4.53 bits
6.1% →
TAINT 5.35 bits
4.7% →
CARET 4.61 bits
3.6% →
CLARY 4.69 bits
3.1% →
CLARY 4.46 bits
2.7% →
MOWER 4.01 bits
2.7% →
TUTOR 4.11 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1O1P3E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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