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SPARE

Yes, SPARE was the Wordle answer on April 8, 2025 (Wordle #1389).

As an opener, it rules out about 96.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /spɛə(ɹ)//spɛɚ//speː/

Adjective

Extra.

“I have no spare time.”

Adjective

Not plentiful.

“a spare diet”

Noun

The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.

Noun

Parsimony; frugal use.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: April 8, 2025 (#1389).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How SPARE performs as a guess

SPARE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 88.2% of games, misses completely in 11.8%, and leaves about 94 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #796 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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__R_ S in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _P__E P in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TALON INLET TENOR DROIT GUILE
Words starting with S Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.55 Entropy (bits)
94 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
96.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 99% of evaluated openers
0.40 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPARE 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#796 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPARE ranks #796 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
93
3 guesses
967
4 guesses
1,106
5 guesses
168
6 guesses
16
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:
AERS

Feedback chances

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

Example solver route

R O A T E
C R I S P
S P A R E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SPARE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

135 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

279
182
152
134
123
100
86
70
62
55
53
47
45
45
38
37
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29
26
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24
21
21
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19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPARE:

12% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
8% chance
Suggested:
TALON
6% chance
Suggested:
INLET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.8% →
COUNT 5.64 bits
7.7% →
TALON 5.17 bits
6.4% →
INLET 5.07 bits
5.7% →
TENOR 3.95 bits
5.2% →
DROIT 4.73 bits
4.2% →
GUILE 4.67 bits
3.6% →
STINK 4.54 bits
3.0% →
CAROL 4.63 bits
2.6% →
METAL 4.37 bits
2.3% →
POUTY 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3A1R1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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