5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SPANG

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈspæŋ//ˈspeɪ̯ŋ//ˈspɛ̃ŋ/

Verb

To set with bright points: star or spangle.

Verb

To hitch; fasten.

Noun

A bound or spring; a leap.

Noun

A span.

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 SPANG performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SPANG 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 77.8% of games, misses completely in 22.2%, and leaves about 198 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,602 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___G S in the 1st position and G in the 5th position S__N_ S in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _P__G P in the 2nd position and G in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TALER LINEN TRICE PROLE ROUET
Words starting with S Words ending with G

First-turn measures

4.57 Entropy (bits)
198 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPANG 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.66 Volatility
#2,602 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPANG ranks #2,602 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
945
4 guesses
1,196
5 guesses
153
6 guesses
10

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ANS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
31%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

524
285
148
124
117
111
109
103
71
52
49
44
44
41
34
31
29
26
26
22
21
21
20
19
19
16
16
15
14
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPANG:

22% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
12% chance
Suggested:
TALER
6% chance
Suggested:
LINEN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.2% →
TOILE 6.06 bits
12.1% →
TALER 5.58 bits
6.3% →
LINEN 4.93 bits
5.3% →
TOILE 5.04 bits
5.0% →
TRICE 5.05 bits
4.7% →
PROLE 5.21 bits
4.6% →
ROUET 5.42 bits
4.4% →
ROULE 5.38 bits
3.0% →
RAILE 4.45 bits
2.2% →
RUOTE 4.73 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3A1N1G2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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