5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

SPEED

Yes, SPEED was the Wordle answer on December 26, 2025 (Wordle #1651).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.5% of possible answers.

Open Solver with SPEED Open Word Finder

Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /spiːd/

Noun

The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion.

“How does Usain Bolt run at that speed?”

Noun

The rate of motion or action, specifically the magnitude of the velocity; the rate distance is traversed in a given time.

“Speed limits provide information to the drivers about the safe speed to travel in average conditions.”

Interjection

Called by the soundman when the recording equipment has reached running speed and is ready to go.

Verb

To go fast.

“The Ferrari was speeding along the road.”

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: December 26, 2025 (#1651).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

Wordle Observatory

How did this puzzle feel?

About the project

Add an anonymous result and difficulty rating to the public, aggregate research dataset.

We send only this answer word for puzzle verification, the puzzle number, result, difficulty vote, Hard Mode flag, timezone and a random one-puzzle receipt token. The Observatory stores no answer word, grid, guesses, account, email, IP-derived ID or reusable player identifier. The puzzle-specific receipt prevents duplicate submissions and permits withdrawal; anyone with that token can withdraw, so keep browser-data exports private. See the privacy details.

How SPEED performs as a guess

SPEED is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 73.3% of games, misses completely in 26.7%, and leaves about 249 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,170 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___D S in the 1st position and D in the 5th position S__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _P__D P in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

TALON RAILE SLANT ROANY ROAST PARTY
Words starting with S Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.36 Entropy (bits)
249 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 43% of evaluated openers
1.58 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPEED 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,170 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPEED ranks #9,170 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
779
4 guesses
1,251
5 guesses
256
6 guesses
14
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
2 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
36%
All gray
27%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E N
S H E E P
S P E E D

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches SPEED in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

629
289
166
140
116
108
103
71
56
53
51
43
39
30
28
23
22
22
22
21
21
17
14
13
13
12
12
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPEED:

27% chance
Suggested:
TALON
12% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.7% →
TALON 5.90 bits
12.3% →
RAILE 5.28 bits
7.0% →
SLANT 4.63 bits
5.9% →
ROANY 4.23 bits
4.9% →
ROAST 4.89 bits
4.6% →
PARTY 4.81 bits
4.4% →
DROIT 4.95 bits
3.0% →
RAILE 4.44 bits
2.4% →
ALURE 4.42 bits
2.2% →
ROUTE 4.18 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3E1E1D2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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