5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SPECS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /spɛks/

Noun

Abbreviation of spectacles.

Noun

Specifications: plural of spec

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of spec

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 SPECS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SPECS 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 75.0% of games, misses completely in 25.0%, and leaves about 291 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,256 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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___S S in the 1st position and S in the 5th position S__C_ S in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _P__S P in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON RAILE RAINY CAIRN PILOT TREAD
Words starting with S Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.03 Entropy (bits)
291 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 24% of evaluated openers
1.92 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPECS 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,256 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPECS ranks #11,256 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
723
4 guesses
1,284
5 guesses
286
6 guesses
15
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
1 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
28%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

590
503
138
129
96
76
75
74
69
69
67
66
36
31
21
19
18
17
15
15
14
14
12
12
12
9
9
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPECS:

25% chance
Suggested:
TALON
21% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
6% chance
Suggested:
RAINY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.0% →
TALON 5.89 bits
21.3% →
RAILE 5.36 bits
5.9% →
RAINY 4.74 bits
5.5% →
CAIRN 5.38 bits
4.1% →
PILOT 4.95 bits
3.2% →
TREAD 4.58 bits
3.2% →
TRASH 4.75 bits
3.1% →
PAIRE 4.68 bits
2.9% →
THALE 3.84 bits
2.9% →
ROAST 4.77 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3E1C3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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