5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

STULM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A shaft, conduit, adit, or gallery to drain a mine.

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 STULM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts STULM 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 76.7% of games, misses completely in 23.3%, and leaves about 210 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,873 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___M S in the 1st position and M in the 5th position S__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _T__M T in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

CRANE TREAT RAINE CARNE RANCE AROSE
Words starting with S Words ending with M

First-turn measures

4.58 Entropy (bits)
210 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 57% of evaluated openers
1.37 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STULM 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,873 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STULM ranks #1,873 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
980
4 guesses
1,130
5 guesses
170
6 guesses
14
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:
LSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
28%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

550
259
237
131
103
90
83
74
62
59
43
42
35
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STULM:

23% chance
Suggested:
CRANE
11% chance
Suggested:
TREAT
10% chance
Suggested:
RAINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.3% →
CRANE 6.22 bits
11.0% →
TREAT 5.62 bits
10.1% →
RAINE 5.39 bits
5.6% →
CARNE 5.36 bits
4.4% →
CARNE 5.49 bits
3.8% →
RANCE 4.76 bits
3.5% →
AROSE 5.10 bits
3.1% →
DAINE 4.71 bits
2.6% →
POTAE 4.66 bits
2.5% →
AROSE 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1U1L1M3
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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