Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier for first-turn info

SPAZZ

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.0% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of spaz.

Verb

Alternative spelling of spaz.

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.

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.

First-turn measures

All four describe SPAZZ used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

3.21 Entropy (bits)
452 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 3% of evaluated openers
2.73 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How SPAZZ 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.

3.92 Avg guesses
99.92% Solved within six
0.69 Spread of game lengths
#14,209 Rank among openers
Opening with SPAZZ left 2 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.69 means those games clustered within about 0.69 of a guess of the 3.92 average. It ranks #14,209 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
22
3 guesses
578
4 guesses
1,349
5 guesses
376
6 guesses
27
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.46 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
63%
Green tile
27%
All gray
37%

Feedback distribution

SPAZZ can come back 41 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

877 answers
436 answers
182 answers
161 answers
141 answers
135 answers
65 answers
50 answers
49 answers
45 answers
35 answers
34 answers
24 answers
24 answers
23 answers
12 answers
8 answers
8 answers
7 answers
7 answers
6 answers
6 answers
4 answers
4 answers
4 answers
4 answers
4 answers
4 answers
2 answers
2 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3A1Z10Z10
Total: 25 points

Words With Friends

Total: 26 points

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

Strategy after playing SPAZZ

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to SPAZZ.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPAZZ:

37% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
18% chance
Suggested:
TALER
8% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.9%
TOILE 6.00 bits
18.4%
TALER 5.45 bits
7.7%
TRINE 5.10 bits
6.8%
TRICE 5.07 bits
5.9%
POREY 5.12 bits
5.7%
RUOTE 5.48 bits
2.7%
THALE 3.94 bits
2.1%
TOILE 4.33 bits
2.1%
PARTE 4.63 bits
1.9%
TALER 4.21 bits