5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SPALD

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /spɔːld/

Verb

To split.

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 SPALD performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SPALD 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 80.1% of games, misses completely in 19.9%, and leaves about 166 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #764 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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___D S in the 1st position and D in the 5th position S__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _P__D P in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE TONER GOIER RONTE RIONE RUOTE
Words starting with S Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.84 Entropy (bits)
166 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 74% of evaluated openers
1.11 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPALD 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.65 Volatility
#764 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPALD ranks #764 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
992
4 guesses
1,165
5 guesses
131
6 guesses
8
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:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
34%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

470
239
149
128
118
111
111
100
87
58
42
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPALD:

20% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
10% chance
Suggested:
TONER
6% chance
Suggested:
GOIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.9% →
TRONE 6.20 bits
10.1% →
TONER 5.41 bits
6.3% →
GOIER 5.00 bits
5.4% →
RONTE 5.08 bits
5.0% →
RIONE 5.40 bits
4.7% →
TONER 4.70 bits
4.7% →
RUOTE 5.51 bits
4.2% →
POIRE 5.15 bits
3.7% →
TRICE 5.23 bits
2.5% →
BOITE 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3A1L1D2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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