5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

STOTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of stot

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 STOTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts STOTS 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 63.9% of games, misses completely in 36.1%, and leaves about 398 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,272 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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___S S in the 1st position and S in the 5th position S__T_ S in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _T__S T in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE CANER CARET PARLE CRANE NOIRE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.61 Entropy (bits)
398 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 9% of evaluated openers
2.34 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STOTS 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,272 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STOTS ranks #13,272 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
686
4 guesses
1,254
5 guesses
352
6 guesses
29
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

3/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
OST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
30%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

61 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

851
274
250
183
126
96
73
51
42
38
34
31
23
22
19
17
16
16
16
15
14
13
12
12
10
10
8
8
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STOTS:

36% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
CANER
11% chance
Suggested:
CARET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.1% →
RAILE 6.25 bits
11.6% →
CANER 5.25 bits
10.6% →
CARET 5.45 bits
7.8% →
PARLE 5.35 bits
5.3% →
CRANE 4.78 bits
4.1% →
RAILE 5.14 bits
3.1% →
NOIRE 4.21 bits
2.2% →
RAILE 4.76 bits
1.8% →
RAIKE 4.14 bits
1.6% →
PRICE 3.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1O1T1S1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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