5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

STOWP

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of stoup.

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 STOWP performs as a guess

Wordle accepts STOWP 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 72.3% of games, misses completely in 27.7%, and leaves about 264 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,426 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___P S in the 1st position and P in the 5th position S__W_ S in the 1st position and W in the 4th position _T__P T in the 2nd position and P in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE CANER LIANE BLARE TONER ARIEL
Words starting with S Words ending with P

First-turn measures

4.26 Entropy (bits)
264 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 36% of evaluated openers
1.69 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STOWP 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#5,426 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STOWP ranks #5,426 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
888
4 guesses
1,206
5 guesses
199
6 guesses
12
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
1 vowels
Common:
OST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
25%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

654
274
220
133
117
98
88
81
54
48
43
34
33
32
28
27
26
24
20
18
18
18
15
15
15
14
14
13
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STOWP:

28% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
CANER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.7% →
RAILE 6.32 bits
11.6% →
RAILE 5.60 bits
9.3% →
CANER 5.34 bits
5.6% →
RAILE 5.20 bits
5.0% →
LIANE 5.34 bits
4.2% →
RAILE 5.10 bits
3.7% →
BLARE 4.70 bits
3.4% →
TONER 4.49 bits
2.3% →
ARIEL 5.00 bits
2.0% →
URASE 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1O1W4P3
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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