5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

STUDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of stud

Noun

A pair of shoes or boots which have studs on the bottom to aid grip.

“He wore his studs to play soccer.”

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 STUDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts STUDS 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 66.4% of games, misses completely in 33.6%, and leaves about 357 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,609 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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__D_ S in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _T__S T in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TREAT ARIEL PLANE MARLE PARLE
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.77 Entropy (bits)
357 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 14% of evaluated openers
2.18 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STUDS 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#10,609 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STUDS ranks #10,609 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
743
4 guesses
1,309
5 guesses
253
6 guesses
13
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
1 vowels
Common:
STU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
26%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

61 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

793
319
182
175
128
89
62
52
50
49
45
45
39
38
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20
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6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STUDS:

34% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
14% chance
Suggested:
TREAT
8% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.6% →
RAILE 6.16 bits
13.5% →
TREAT 5.63 bits
7.7% →
ARIEL 5.75 bits
7.4% →
PLANE 5.29 bits
5.4% →
MARLE 4.85 bits
3.8% →
PARLE 5.14 bits
2.6% →
AROSE 4.58 bits
2.2% →
ALONE 4.26 bits
2.1% →
RAIKE 4.38 bits
2.1% →
CLONE 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1U1D2S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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