5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

SPEEL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To talk at length, to spiel.

Noun

A story; a spiel.

Noun

A splinter; a strip of wood or metal.

Verb

To climb.

Alternative forms: speil, spele, speal, spiel

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 SPEEL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SPEEL 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 77.2% of games, misses completely in 22.8%, and leaves about 199 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,043 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___L S in the 1st position and L in the 5th position S__E_ S in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _P__L P in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN TIARE COALY ROAST ROANY BAILE
Words starting with S Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.69 Entropy (bits)
199 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 65% of evaluated openers
1.26 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPEEL 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,043 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPEEL ranks #6,043 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
862
4 guesses
1,180
5 guesses
224
6 guesses
18
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:
ELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
37%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

537
257
184
132
127
100
94
88
67
46
42
37
37
35
30
28
23
21
20
19
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPEEL:

23% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
11% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
8% chance
Suggested:
COALY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.8% →
TRAIN 6.02 bits
10.9% →
TIARE 5.37 bits
7.8% →
COALY 4.86 bits
5.6% →
ROAST 4.57 bits
5.4% →
ROANY 4.26 bits
4.2% →
ROAST 4.89 bits
4.0% →
BAILE 4.50 bits
3.7% →
PARTY 4.81 bits
2.8% →
TRIAL 4.40 bits
2.0% →
ROUTE 4.20 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3E1E1L1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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