5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SPADO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Someone who has been castrated; a eunuch or castrato.

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 SPADO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SPADO 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 82.7% of games, misses completely in 17.3%, and leaves about 165 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,049 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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__D_ S in the 1st position and D in the 4th position

Try next

TRINE TALER RONTE TRICE DINER PLIER
Words starting with S Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.71 Entropy (bits)
165 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPADO 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.66 Volatility
#3,049 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPADO ranks #3,049 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
942
4 guesses
1,184
5 guesses
168
6 guesses
10

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
31%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

408
275
246
123
114
108
91
86
78
59
56
54
47
44
41
38
33
32
30
23
23
22
21
20
15
14
13
13
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPADO:

17% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
12% chance
Suggested:
TALER
10% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.3% →
TRINE 6.05 bits
11.7% →
TALER 5.48 bits
10.4% →
RONTE 5.36 bits
5.2% →
TRICE 5.15 bits
4.8% →
TRINE 4.98 bits
4.6% →
DINER 5.29 bits
3.9% →
PLIER 5.11 bits
3.6% →
CAROL 4.53 bits
3.3% →
HEIST 5.03 bits
2.5% →
THALE 3.99 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3A1D2O1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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