5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SPANE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /speɪn/

Verb

To wean; to spean.

“to spane a child”

Alternative forms: spean, spain

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 SPANE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SPANE 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 87.6% of games, misses completely in 12.4%, and leaves about 105 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #387 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 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__N_ S in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _P__E P in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

COURT DETER CAROL TOILE TALER TONIC
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.40 Entropy (bits)
105 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 97% of evaluated openers
0.55 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPANE 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#387 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPANE ranks #387 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
92
3 guesses
980
4 guesses
1,116
5 guesses
146
6 guesses
14
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
2 vowels
Common:
AENS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
43%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

125 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

293
219
192
116
94
76
76
75
66
64
64
59
59
43
42
34
32
31
27
27
27
25
25
24
22
22
22
22
22
19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPANE:

12% chance
Suggested:
COURT
9% chance
Suggested:
DETER
8% chance
Suggested:
CAROL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.4% →
COURT 5.74 bits
9.3% →
DETER 5.52 bits
8.1% →
CAROL 5.29 bits
4.9% →
TOILE 4.52 bits
4.0% →
TALER 4.62 bits
3.2% →
TONIC 4.84 bits
3.2% →
DINER 4.42 bits
3.2% →
SHIRT 4.38 bits
2.8% →
HOIST 4.69 bits
2.7% →
CRAWL 4.16 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3A1N1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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