5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

STUPE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /stjuːp//stuːp/

Noun

A stupid person or (rarely) thing.

“He thinks Santa lives at the South Pole? What a stupe!”

Noun

A hot, wet medicated cloth or sponge applied externally.

Verb

To foment with such a cloth or sponge.

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 STUPE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts STUPE 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 82.1% of games, misses completely in 17.9%, and leaves about 158 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,471 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___E S in the 1st position and E in the 5th position S__P_ S in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _T__E T in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL ARIEL TAROT LAIRY HEART CLARY
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.98 Entropy (bits)
158 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 83% of evaluated openers
0.97 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STUPE 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
0.71 Volatility
#3,471 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STUPE ranks #3,471 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
911
4 guesses
1,153
5 guesses
189
6 guesses
21
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
2 vowels
Common:
ESTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
37%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

113 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

423
294
166
161
119
90
83
54
53
47
39
38
38
34
31
30
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STUPE:

18% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
12% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
7% chance
Suggested:
TAROT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.9% →
CAROL 6.04 bits
12.5% →
ARIEL 5.03 bits
7.0% →
TAROT 5.37 bits
6.8% →
LAIRY 4.49 bits
5.0% →
HEART 4.80 bits
3.8% →
CLARY 4.68 bits
3.5% →
COALY 4.83 bits
2.3% →
CRASS 4.63 bits
2.2% →
RAINY 4.70 bits
2.0% →
PLIER 4.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1U1P3E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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