5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

SPADE

Yes, SPADE was the Wordle answer on October 16, 2022 (Wordle #484).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /speɪ̯d//sped/

Noun

A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials.

Noun

A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.

Verb

To turn over soil with a spade to loosen the ground for planting.

Verb

To move with a spade, or as with a spade.

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: October 16, 2022 (#484).

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

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How SPADE performs as a guess

SPADE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 85.9% of games, misses completely in 14.1%, and leaves about 124 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,066 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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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__D_ S in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _P__E P in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

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COUNT TENOR TALON TOILE STINK ALTER
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.15 Entropy (bits)
124 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPADE 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#2,066 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPADE ranks #2,066 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
921
4 guesses
1,186
5 guesses
157
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
40%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SPADE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

333
226
226
118
101
100
78
71
71
70
66
47
40
38
35
34
34
33
32
28
27
26
25
25
24
23
20
20
19
19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPADE:

14% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
10% chance
Suggested:
TENOR
10% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.1% →
COUNT 5.87 bits
9.6% →
TENOR 5.15 bits
9.6% →
TALON 5.26 bits
5.0% →
TOILE 4.45 bits
4.3% →
STINK 4.49 bits
4.2% →
ALTER 4.67 bits
3.3% →
ROUND 4.82 bits
3.0% →
DINER 4.66 bits
3.0% →
POUTY 4.86 bits
3.0% →
CRINE 4.27 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3A1D2E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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