Either Gapes or Gawks would be a single word for the phrase "stares stupidly."
The word "gawk" can be a verb or a noun. As a verb, it means to stare rudely or stupidly. As a noun, it refers to a person who stares in a rude or stupid manner.
I acted stupidly in our play.
I already had a ticket but I stupidly parked in the same place again.
stupidly, idiotically, foolishly, unintelligently
A homophone for the word "stares" is "stairs." These two words sound the same but have different meanings.
Staring wide-eyed and rude and stupidly.
the opposite of stupidly is SMART
The girls all decided to strut down the catwalk stupidly.
A word called propitiatory
dick:] lol
Stares
they are trying to get points and awards, that's why they answer stupidly.