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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

SPACE

Yes, SPACE was the Wordle answer on September 1, 2023 (Wordle #804).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /speɪs/

Noun

Unlimited or generalized extent, physical or otherwise.

Noun

Of time.

Verb

To set some distance apart.

“Faye had spaced the pots at 8-inch intervals on the windowsill.”

Verb

To insert or utilise spaces in a written text.

“This paragraph seems badly spaced.”

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: September 1, 2023 (#804).

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

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How SPACE performs as a guess

SPACE 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 86.5% of games, misses completely in 13.5%, and leaves about 118 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #910 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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__C_ S in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _P__E P in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

DROIT TENOR TALON GOIER ALTER SHUNT
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.29 Entropy (bits)
118 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 95% of evaluated openers
0.65 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPACE 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#910 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPACE ranks #910 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
84
3 guesses
960
4 guesses
1,135
5 guesses
164
6 guesses
9
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:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
42%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L U M P
S P A C E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SPACE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

125 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

319
250
209
120
100
89
63
62
62
59
51
47
46
37
36
35
35
34
32
32
26
26
26
25
25
22
19
18
17
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPACE:

14% chance
Suggested:
DROIT
11% chance
Suggested:
TENOR
9% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.5% →
DROIT 5.69 bits
10.6% →
TENOR 5.13 bits
8.9% →
TALON 5.28 bits
5.1% →
GOIER 4.36 bits
4.2% →
ALTER 4.69 bits
3.8% →
SHUNT 4.51 bits
2.7% →
COULD 4.67 bits
2.6% →
DRAIN 4.31 bits
2.6% →
HOIST 4.82 bits
2.5% →
PILOT 4.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3A1C3E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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