5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

SPAWN

SPAWN is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /spɔːn//spɔn//spɑn/

Verb

To produce or deposit (eggs) in water.

“A frog spawns thousands of tadpoles every year.”

Verb

To generate, bring into being, especially nonmammalian beings in very large numbers.

Noun

The numerous eggs of an aquatic organism.

Noun

Mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation.

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

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 SPAWN performs as a guess

SPAWN 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 76.0% of games, misses completely in 24.0%, and leaves about 223 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,641 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___N S in the 1st position and N in the 5th position S__W_ S in the 1st position and W in the 4th position _P__N P in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TALER TRICE PROLE RUOTE TRODE
Words starting with S Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.44 Entropy (bits)
223 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 47% of evaluated openers
1.51 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPAWN 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#4,641 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPAWN ranks #4,641 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
904
4 guesses
1,194
5 guesses
195
6 guesses
10
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:
ANS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
30%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
S W A S H
S P A W N

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SPAWN in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

565
308
184
117
115
115
110
79
61
45
44
39
38
36
33
33
33
27
23
22
21
21
19
18
18
14
13
12
12
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPAWN:

24% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
13% chance
Suggested:
TALER
8% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.0% →
TOILE 6.02 bits
13.1% →
TALER 5.58 bits
7.8% →
TOILE 5.35 bits
5.0% →
TRICE 5.06 bits
4.9% →
PROLE 5.09 bits
4.9% →
TOILE 5.06 bits
4.7% →
RUOTE 5.41 bits
3.4% →
TOILE 4.34 bits
2.6% →
TRODE 5.15 bits
1.9% →
THALE 3.89 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3A1W4N1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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