5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SPEAT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

One of the rods on which fish are placed to drain before being smoked.

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 SPEAT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SPEAT 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 120 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #467 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 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___T S in the 1st position and T in the 5th position S__A_ S in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _P__T P in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

COULD NOIRE CAIRN GLARE NORTH SLINK
Words starting with S Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.32 Entropy (bits)
120 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 95% of evaluated openers
0.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPEAT 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#467 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPEAT ranks #467 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
85
3 guesses
988
4 guesses
1,117
5 guesses
151
6 guesses
12
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:
AEST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
34%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

131 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

294
288
206
144
85
75
66
60
51
51
49
47
46
43
41
41
38
35
35
32
26
25
25
21
20
19
18
17
17
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPEAT:

12% chance
Suggested:
COULD
12% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE
9% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.5% →
COULD 5.63 bits
12.2% →
NOIRE 5.26 bits
8.7% →
CAIRN 5.20 bits
6.1% →
GLARE 4.82 bits
3.6% →
NORTH 5.12 bits
3.2% →
NOIRE 4.52 bits
2.8% →
SLINK 4.32 bits
2.5% →
POUCH 4.61 bits
2.2% →
RATTY 3.81 bits
2.2% →
CORAL 4.45 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3E1A1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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