5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SPALT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /spɔːlt/

Noun

spelter.

Adjective

brittle.

Adjective

heedless; clumsy; pert; saucy.

Verb

To break off pieces, or have them broken off, especially with an axe etc; to splinter.

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.

Why this solver ranks SPALT highly

This solver ranks SPALT highly because it separates the possible answers well, even though it is not itself a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 82.4% of games, misses completely in 17.6%, and leaves about 135 possible answers on average.

In the current bounded six-turn policy, it ranks #57 of 182 evaluated openers; exact misses rank first, then average guesses among wins.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.53 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___T S in the 1st position and T in the 5th position S__L_ S in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _P__T P in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

DRONE MORNE GOIER TRITE RENAL RIONE
Words starting with S Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.20 Entropy (bits)
135 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 92% of evaluated openers
0.74 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPALT 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.

3.53 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#8 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPALT ranks #8 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
1,110
4 guesses
1,040
5 guesses
119
6 guesses
12
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:
ALST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
38%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

125 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

416
206
146
144
91
88
84
78
72
66
66
59
39
33
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPALT:

18% chance
Suggested:
DRONE
9% chance
Suggested:
MORNE
6% chance
Suggested:
GOIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.6% →
DRONE 6.16 bits
8.7% →
MORNE 5.41 bits
6.2% →
GOIER 5.10 bits
6.1% →
TRITE 5.42 bits
3.9% →
RENAL 4.65 bits
3.7% →
RIONE 5.09 bits
3.6% →
PRONE 5.11 bits
3.3% →
DRICE 4.95 bits
3.1% →
MOIRE 4.80 bits
2.8% →
GOIER 4.93 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3A1L1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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