5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SPALL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /spɔːl//spɔl//spɑl/

Noun

A splinter, fragment or chip, especially of stone.

Noun

A process of weathering, aging, or other wear that involves the crumbling of the substrate.

“The failure of this bearing involved spall under high load.”

Verb

To break into fragments or small pieces.

Verb

To undergo weathering, aging, or other wear that involves the crumbling of the substrate.

“When the bearing race spalled under high load, it led to the failure of the bearing.”

Alternative forms: spawl

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 SPALL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SPALL 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 73.5% of games, misses completely in 26.5%, and leaves about 246 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,174 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___L S in the 1st position and L in the 5th position S__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _P__L P in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TONER CLINE RONTE RUOTE DRICE POIRE
Words starting with S Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
246 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPALL 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#7,174 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPALL ranks #7,174 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
852
4 guesses
1,234
5 guesses
211
6 guesses
15

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
36%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

626
294
142
140
119
115
112
63
49
45
45
38
34
33
33
32
26
26
22
21
21
20
18
17
17
13
13
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPALL:

27% chance
Suggested:
TONER
12% chance
Suggested:
TONER
6% chance
Suggested:
CLINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.5% →
TONER 6.14 bits
12.5% →
TONER 5.43 bits
6.0% →
CLINE 5.03 bits
5.9% →
RONTE 5.13 bits
5.0% →
RUOTE 5.49 bits
4.9% →
DRICE 5.04 bits
4.7% →
POIRE 5.19 bits
2.7% →
ALTER 4.53 bits
2.1% →
TONER 4.25 bits
1.9% →
URITE 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3A1L1L1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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