5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

STOTT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

Alternative spelling 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 STOTT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts STOTT 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 388 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,191 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 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___T S in the 1st position and T in the 5th position S__T_ S in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _T__T T in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE CANER PLANE HATER CRANE ARIEL
Words starting with S Words ending with T

First-turn measures

3.65 Entropy (bits)
388 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 10% of evaluated openers
2.30 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STOTT 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,191 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STOTT ranks #13,191 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
28
3 guesses
690
4 guesses
1,261
5 guesses
345
6 guesses
27
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
37%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

56 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

851
274
195
131
127
126
119
51
49
43
39
33
27
26
24
21
17
16
16
16
15
13
12
12
11
11
10
8
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STOTT:

36% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
CANER
8% chance
Suggested:
PLANE

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
8.3% →
PLANE 5.27 bits
5.6% →
HATER 5.25 bits
5.4% →
RAILE 5.17 bits
5.3% →
CRANE 4.78 bits
5.0% →
ARIEL 5.16 bits
2.2% →
RAILE 4.76 bits
2.1% →
CATER 4.32 bits
1.8% →
RAIKE 4.12 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1O1T1T1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 5 points

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