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Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

SPALE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈspeɪl/

Noun

A chip or splinter of wood.

Noun

A lath; a shaving or chip, as of wood or stone.

Alternative forms: spail, speal, spell, spyle

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 SPALE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SPALE 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 87.5% of games, misses completely in 12.5%, and leaves about 102 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #303 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.57 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__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _P__E P in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

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COUNT TENOR CARAT GRICE CLING SNOUT
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.48 Entropy (bits)
102 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPALE 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.

3.57 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#303 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPALE ranks #303 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
102
3 guesses
977
4 guesses
1,107
5 guesses
153
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
42%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

134 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

294
220
182
112
84
81
77
70
69
62
61
59
50
41
35
32
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPALE:

12% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
9% chance
Suggested:
TENOR
8% chance
Suggested:
CARAT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.5% →
COUNT 5.82 bits
9.3% →
TENOR 5.19 bits
7.7% →
CARAT 4.95 bits
4.7% →
GRICE 4.39 bits
3.6% →
CLING 4.72 bits
3.4% →
SNOUT 4.54 bits
3.3% →
TAMER 4.40 bits
3.0% →
TONAL 4.50 bits
2.9% →
REBEL 4.32 bits
2.6% →
MOIST 4.77 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3A1L1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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