5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

STURT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /stɜː(ɹ)t/

Noun

In an embryo, an angle equal to two gons. If a mosaic forms in the embryo, the line passes between two organs with a probability, in percent, equal to the number of sturts between them.

Noun

A bargain in tribute mining by which the tributor profits.

Verb

To vex; to annoy; to startle.

Verb

To start with fear.

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 STURT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts STURT 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 75.4% of games, misses completely in 24.6%, and leaves about 239 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,006 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___T S in the 1st position and T in the 5th position S__R_ S in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _T__T T in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

ALONE DAINE PLANE HAOLE MAILE WAITE
Words starting with S Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.42 Entropy (bits)
239 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.9% 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 STURT 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#7,006 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STURT ranks #7,006 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
887
4 guesses
1,163
5 guesses
223
6 guesses
30
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:
RSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
34%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

580
373
150
126
105
82
76
75
67
49
49
43
39
28
28
28
26
25
24
22
22
21
21
18
15
15
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13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STURT:

25% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
16% chance
Suggested:
DAINE
6% chance
Suggested:
PLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.6% →
ALONE 6.18 bits
15.8% →
DAINE 5.40 bits
6.4% →
PLANE 5.35 bits
5.3% →
HAOLE 5.22 bits
4.5% →
MAILE 4.53 bits
3.5% →
HAOLE 4.90 bits
3.2% →
WAITE 4.71 bits
3.2% →
ALONE 4.73 bits
2.8% →
MEALY 4.76 bits
2.1% →
CARER 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1U1R1T1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

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