5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

STYLO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A stylographic pen.

Noun

Any of the genus Stylosanthes of flowering plants.

Adjective

Stylish; fashionable.

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 STYLO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts STYLO 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 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 155 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,649 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___O S in the 1st position and O in the 5th position S__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position

Try next

RAINE TRAIT CRANE DAINE CARNE BORNE
Words starting with S Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.76 Entropy (bits)
155 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 69% of evaluated openers
1.19 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How STYLO 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,649 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, STYLO ranks #3,649 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
945
4 guesses
1,163
5 guesses
174
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
1 vowels
Common:
LOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
25%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

400
220
207
206
129
123
82
76
72
55
47
43
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing STYLO:

17% chance
Suggested:
RAINE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRAIT
9% chance
Suggested:
RAINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
RAINE 6.13 bits
9.3% →
TRAIT 5.61 bits
8.8% →
RAINE 5.45 bits
8.7% →
CRANE 5.51 bits
5.5% →
DAINE 4.92 bits
5.2% →
CARNE 5.20 bits
3.5% →
BORNE 4.58 bits
3.2% →
CRANE 4.96 bits
3.1% →
COOER 4.39 bits
2.3% →
FLARE 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1T1Y4L1O1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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