5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SPEAN

SPEAN 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

Pronunciation: /spiːn/

Noun

A teat or nipple of a cow.

Verb

Archaic form of spane.

Alternative forms: spane, spene, speen, spaine

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 SPEAN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SPEAN 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 87.6% of games, misses completely in 12.4%, and leaves about 125 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,213 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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__A_ S in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _P__N P in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

COURT TOILE CAROL GLARE COUNT NOIRE
Words starting with S Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.15 Entropy (bits)
125 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPEAN 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,213 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPEAN ranks #1,213 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
88
3 guesses
949
4 guesses
1,134
5 guesses
166
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AENS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
31%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

118 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

293
283
206
160
113
78
76
66
64
64
52
50
49
45
40
38
36
31
30
27
27
22
22
22
22
21
21
20
18
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPEAN:

12% chance
Suggested:
COURT
12% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
9% chance
Suggested:
CAROL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.4% →
COURT 5.74 bits
12.0% →
TOILE 5.29 bits
8.7% →
CAROL 5.13 bits
6.8% →
GLARE 4.73 bits
4.8% →
COUNT 4.98 bits
3.3% →
NOIRE 4.40 bits
3.2% →
SHIRT 4.42 bits
2.8% →
HOIST 4.69 bits
2.7% →
GIANT 4.08 bits
2.7% →
POUTY 4.83 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3E1A1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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