5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

SPAZA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈspɑːzə/

Noun

An informal trading post or convenience store found in townships and remote areas.

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 SPAZA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SPAZA 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 63.2% of games, misses completely in 36.8%, and leaves about 422 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,463 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.87 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___A S in the 1st position and A in the 5th position S__Z_ S in the 1st position and Z in the 4th position _P__A P in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TALER TRINE DRICE POREY RUOTE
Words starting with S Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.46 Entropy (bits)
422 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 6% of evaluated openers
2.49 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPAZA 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.

3.87 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,463 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPAZA ranks #13,463 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
636
4 guesses
1,311
5 guesses
341
6 guesses
27
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
63%
Green tile
29%
All gray
37%

Feedback distribution

59 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

868
368
181
145
141
135
65
43
42
40
34
32
32
23
23
22
20
14
11
10
8
8
7
7
6
6
6
5
5
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPAZA:

37% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
16% chance
Suggested:
TALER
8% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.8% →
TOILE 5.99 bits
15.6% →
TALER 5.49 bits
7.7% →
TRINE 5.11 bits
6.1% →
DRICE 5.00 bits
6.0% →
POREY 5.12 bits
5.7% →
RUOTE 5.48 bits
2.8% →
THALE 3.94 bits
1.8% →
TRINE 4.30 bits
1.8% →
PARTE 4.67 bits
1.7% →
TALER 4.29 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3A1Z10A1
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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