5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

SPEIL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 SPEIL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts SPEIL 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 85.3% of games, misses completely in 14.7%, and leaves about 134 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,638 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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__I_ S in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _P__L P in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

COURT ROATE ALLOT TYING BEARE TRINE
Words starting with S Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.12 Entropy (bits)
134 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 89% of evaluated openers
0.82 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How SPEIL 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,638 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, SPEIL ranks #1,638 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
975
4 guesses
1,108
5 guesses
179
6 guesses
17
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:
EILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
33%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

121 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

347
310
124
124
107
100
96
66
66
65
56
56
49
46
44
38
37
28
28
28
27
24
20
20
20
18
17
16
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing SPEIL:

15% chance
Suggested:
COURT
13% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
5% chance
Suggested:
ALLOT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.7% →
COURT 5.83 bits
13.1% →
ROATE 5.48 bits
5.3% →
ALLOT 4.91 bits
5.3% →
TYING 4.86 bits
4.5% →
BEARE 4.60 bits
4.2% →
TRINE 4.76 bits
4.1% →
ROANY 4.73 bits
2.8% →
CARET 4.57 bits
2.8% →
TRASH 4.86 bits
2.8% →
TRADE 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

S1P3E1I1L1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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