5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SPEAL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Only used in speal-bone (“shoulder bone”)

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 SPEAL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SPEAL 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 87.5% of games, misses completely in 12.5%, and leaves about 124 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,323 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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__A_ S in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _P__L P in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TENOR CAIRN TARGE COULD SNOUT
Words starting with S Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.22 Entropy (bits)
124 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 93% of evaluated openers
0.73 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPEAL 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,323 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPEAL ranks #1,323 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
89
3 guesses
945
4 guesses
1,135
5 guesses
171
6 guesses
13
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:
AELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
30%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

123 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

294
287
216
132
113
81
79
62
59
59
54
46
45
44
43
42
37
29
27
27
25
22
21
20
19
17
17
16
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPEAL:

12% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
12% chance
Suggested:
TENOR
9% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.5% →
COUNT 5.82 bits
12.2% →
TENOR 5.25 bits
9.2% →
CAIRN 5.24 bits
5.6% →
TARGE 4.61 bits
4.8% →
COULD 4.81 bits
3.4% →
SNOUT 4.54 bits
3.4% →
BELIE 4.28 bits
2.6% →
MOIST 4.77 bits
2.5% →
ALLOY 3.80 bits
2.5% →
POUTY 4.79 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3E1A1L1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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