5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SPECT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

Aphetic form of expect.

Alternative forms: 'spect

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 SPECT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SPECT 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 83.2% of games, misses completely in 16.8%, and leaves about 162 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #992 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___T S in the 1st position and T in the 5th position S__C_ S in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _P__T P in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

ROANY RAILE CAIRN TARTE LAIRY ARIEL
Words starting with S Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.98 Entropy (bits)
162 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 82% of evaluated openers
0.97 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPECT 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
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#992 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPECT ranks #992 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
988
4 guesses
1,138
5 guesses
152
6 guesses
11
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
1 vowels
Common:
EST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
35%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

111 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

397
374
117
106
102
89
76
71
64
59
54
51
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49
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38
27
24
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPECT:

17% chance
Suggested:
ROANY
16% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
5% chance
Suggested:
ROANY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.8% →
ROANY 5.81 bits
15.9% →
RAILE 5.44 bits
5.0% →
ROANY 4.99 bits
4.5% →
CAIRN 5.35 bits
4.3% →
TARTE 4.86 bits
3.8% →
LAIRY 4.74 bits
3.2% →
ARIEL 4.29 bits
3.0% →
LAIRY 4.71 bits
2.7% →
BASIS 4.85 bits
2.5% →
PLIER 4.79 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3E1C3T1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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