5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

STUNG

Yes, STUNG was the Wordle answer on March 27, 2024 (Wordle #1012).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /stʌŋ//stʊŋ//stʊŋɡ/

Verb

simple past and past participle of sting

Alternative forms: stang

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: March 27, 2024 (#1012).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How STUNG performs as a guess

STUNG is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 73.7% of games, misses completely in 26.3%, and leaves about 241 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,268 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___G S in the 1st position and G in the 5th position S__N_ S in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _T__G T in the 2nd position and G in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE TREAT ARIEL PARLE RAILE MARLE
Words starting with S Words ending with G

First-turn measures

4.42 Entropy (bits)
241 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 47% of evaluated openers
1.53 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STUNG 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,268 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STUNG ranks #3,268 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
936
4 guesses
1,171
5 guesses
178
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:
NSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
27%
All gray
26%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S H U N T
S T U N G

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches STUNG in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

621
277
172
149
105
99
94
59
56
45
41
38
37
37
37
32
29
29
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26
22
21
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STUNG:

26% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
12% chance
Suggested:
TREAT
7% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.3% →
CARLE 6.21 bits
11.7% →
TREAT 5.66 bits
7.3% →
ARIEL 5.32 bits
6.3% →
PARLE 5.42 bits
4.5% →
RAILE 5.50 bits
4.2% →
RAILE 5.15 bits
4.0% →
MARLE 4.73 bits
2.5% →
TARSE 4.53 bits
2.4% →
IRADE 4.91 bits
1.9% →
PARLE 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1U1N1G2
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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