5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SPAWL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /spɔːl/

Noun

Alternative form of spall.

Noun

Scattered or ejected spittle.

Verb

To scatter spittle from the mouth; to spit.

Verb

To say in a rough manner.

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 SPAWL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SPAWL 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 76.3% of games, misses completely in 23.7%, and leaves about 213 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,081 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__W_ S in the 1st position and W in the 4th position _P__L P in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

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

First-turn measures

4.54 Entropy (bits)
213 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 54% of evaluated openers
1.41 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPAWL 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.66 Volatility
#4,081 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPAWL ranks #4,081 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
918
4 guesses
1,203
5 guesses
179
6 guesses
8
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:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
32%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

559
274
190
122
111
109
101
93
60
53
41
40
38
35
33
31
31
26
25
23
20
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15
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12
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPAWL:

24% chance
Suggested:
TONER
12% chance
Suggested:
TONER
8% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.7% →
TONER 6.14 bits
11.6% →
TONER 5.45 bits
8.1% →
TOILE 5.07 bits
5.2% →
RONTE 5.11 bits
4.7% →
RUOTE 5.49 bits
4.6% →
POIRE 5.15 bits
4.3% →
DRICE 5.04 bits
3.9% →
TALER 4.64 bits
2.5% →
TRODE 5.06 bits
2.2% →
TONER 4.21 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3A1W4L1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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